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WASHINGTON TRUST BANK v. UNITED STATES

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Aug 13, 1971
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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, ยง 501(c) (13).