LYNCH v. TURRISH

No. 421.

247 U.S. 221 (1918)

LYNCH, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA, v. TURRISH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. A.W. Clapp, with whom Mr. N.H. Clapp, Mr. H. Oldenburg and Mr. H.J. Richardson were 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 McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Suit to recover an income tax, paid under protest, assessed under the Act of October 3, 1913, 38 Stat. 166.

The facts, as admitted by demurrer, are these: Respondent, Turrish, who was plaintiff in the trial court, made a return of his income for the calendar year 1914 which showed that he had no net income for that year; afterwards the Commissioner of Internal Revenue made a supplemental assessment showing...

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