DOYLE v. MITCHELL BROTHERS CO.

No. 492.

247 U.S. 179 (1918)

DOYLE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. MITCHELL BROTHERS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Wm. C. Herron was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Mark Norris, with whom Mr. Oscar E. Waer was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Robert R. Reed, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of the Investment Bankers' Association of America, as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover from the Collector additional taxes assessed against the respondent under the Corporation Excise Tax Act of August 5, 1909, c. 6, 36 Stat. 11, 112, § 38, and paid under protest. The District Court gave judgment for the plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals (225 Fed. Rep. 437; 235 Fed. Rep. 686), and the case comes here on certiorari.

It was submitted...

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