BALTIMORE & OHIO R.R. v. UNITED STATES

No. 99.

260 U.S. 565 (1923)

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George E. Hamilton, Mr. John F. McCarron and Mr. R. Marsden Smith for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant brought an action in the Court of Claims against the United States to recover the sum of $55,158.00, alleged to have been illegally exacted as stamp taxes upon thirteen deeds of conveyance made and delivered to appellant by its subsidiary companies. The deeds were without valuable consideration and were executed for the sole purpose of transferring legal...

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