U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1971

Washington Trust Bank, as Trustee of the Endowment Care Fund of Greenwood Memorial Terrace Company v. United States

Washington Trust Bank, as Trustee of the Endowment Care Fund of Greenwood Memorial Terrace Company v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 13, 1971 · Chambers, Hamley, Goodwin
444 F.2d 1235 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Washington Trust Bank, as Trustee of the Endowment Care Fund of Greenwood Memorial Terrace Company v. United States

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The district court, 301 F.Supp. 713, entered judgment granting a refund of capital-gain taxes paid by plaintiff, a trustee of an endowment fund established under Washington law to provide perpetual care for a profit-making cemetery.

The judgment is reversed, for the reasons stated in Evergreen Cemetery Association of Seattle v. United States of America, 444 F.2d 1232 (9th Cir. 1971).

The difference between a trustee (this case) and a nonprofit corporation (Evergreen Cemetery case) has no bearing upon tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code of 1954, § 501(c) (13).

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