District of Columbia v. Joseph F. Castiello and William T. Hannan, Executors and Trustees

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
District of Columbia v. Joseph F. Castiello and William T. Hannan, Executors and Trustees, 230 F.2d 839 (D.C. Cir. 1956)
97 U.S. App. D.C. 289; 1956 U.S. App. LEXIS 3331

District of Columbia v. Joseph F. Castiello and William T. Hannan, Executors and Trustees

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The will of Ada Harris Maley left property to trustees, the income and finally the principal of which was to be distributed to such worthy “charity or ehai'ities in the District of Columbia as [the trustees] may select in their own discretion.” The District of Columbia Tax Court, construing this language, decided that “It is the duty of the trustees to see that the income or corpus is not used for any purpose other than the promotion or carrying on of some worthy charity in the District. The payment of income by the trustees to a charity which is carried on in whole or in part without the District of Columbia would be pro tanto a perversion of the trust.” We think this construction is not erroneous. From this construction it follows that, as the Tax Court held, the property is “transferred * * * exclusively for charitable, educational, or religious purposes within the District of Columbia” and is therefore exempt from inheritance tax under D.C. Code 1951, § 47-1601(e), 50 Stat. 684, as amended 60 Stat. 303.

Affirmed.

Reference

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. Joseph F. CASTIELLO and William T. Hannan, Executors and Trustees, Respondents
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