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· 4/4/1975

District of Columbia v. Powers Gallery, Inc.

Citations

  • 335 A.2d 244
  • 1975 D.C. App. LEXIS 356

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that consigned art objects cannot be considered stock-in-trade unless owned by the gallery, therefore, the residence of the owner is the criterion upon which personal property tax is assessed, not location
  • explaining that an entrustee has no “incident of ownership” over the goods

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Judges: Reilly, Kelly, Fickling

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