WEITKNECHT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 10906.

195 F.2d 570 (1952)

WEITKNECHT et al v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Harding Paul and Rudolph H. Yeatman, Jr., Washington, D. C., submitted on the brief for petitioners.

Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and George C. Updegraff, Asst. Corporation Counsel, all of Washington, D. C., submitted on the brief for respondent. Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance on behalf of respondent.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of a decision of the District of Columbia Board of Tax Appeals.1 The sole question is whether petitioners' decedent, John H. Edwards, was domiciled in the District of Columbia at the time of his death, so as to subject his property to the inheritance taxes imposed by Section 47-1601 of the D.C.Code (1940). The Board of Tax Appeals ruled that he was domiciled in the District and upheld...

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