WORTH BROS. CO. v. LEDERER

No. 525.

251 U.S. 507 (1920)

WORTH BROTHERS COMPANY v. LEDERER, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Wintersteen, with whom Mr. William Wallace, Jr., was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson for respondent.

Mr. E.G. Curtis, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Mr. J. Sprigg McMahon, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ is directed to the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a judgment of the District Court for Lederer, to whom we shall refer as the Collector, in an action by petitioner to recover from him the sum of $74,857.07 exacted as a tax under § 301 of the Munitions Manufactures Tax Act of September 8, 1916, 39 Stat. 780, and paid by petitioner under...

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