Catholic Home for Aged Ladies, Inc. v. District of Columbia

GRONER, Chief Justice.

Petitioner, as everyone admits, is a nonprofit, charitable organization. It was incorporated under the District of Columbia laws in 1911 to maintain a home for aged ladies of the Catholic faith who were without means of self-support. For many years it has operated in Georgetown a home for indigent old ladies who might otherwise have become public charges. The occupants contributed nothing to the cost of operation and maintenance. They lived wholly on the charity of petitioner. In 1922 it became apparent to the managers of this charity that there was need of another…