GULF OIL CORP. v. LEWELLYN

No. 310.

248 U.S. 71 (1918)

GULF OIL CORPORATION v. LEWELLYN, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wm. A. Seifert, with whom Mr. J.H. Beal was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. William C. Herron for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to recover a tax levied upon certain dividends as income, under the Act of October 3, 1913, c. 16, § II, 38 Stat. 114, 166. The District Court gave judgment for the plaintiff, 242 Fed. Rep. 709, but this judgment was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 245 Fed. Rep. 1. 158 C.C.A. 1.

The facts may be abridged from the findings below as follows. The petitioner was a holding company...

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