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Title
Esther E. Leistikow testifying about wrongful taxation, Los Angeles, October 6, 1943
Date Created and/or Issued
October 6, 1943
1943-10-06
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mrs. Esther E. Leistikow, who, along with 17 others, will benefit from a settlement with the County Counsel’s Department after claiming that the county illegally collected taxes on luxury homes in 1939, 1940, and 1941. The claims totaled $32,171.35 and, although the Counsel did not admit wrongdoing, they realized it would be more difficult to protest and decided to pay 62.5% of that amount, equal to $20,117.72
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Leistikow, F.W.; Leistikow, Esther E. - Mrs.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. Esther E. Leistikow
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002803b1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Economy
Taxes--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Leistikow, Esther E
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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