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NEW YORK v. JERSAWIT.

No. 352.

263 U.S. 493 (1924)

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. JERSAWIT, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF AJAX DRESS COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert P. Beyer and Mr. C.T. Dawes, Deputy Attorneys General of the State of New York, for petitioner. Mr. Carl Sherman, Attorney General, was also on the briefs.

Mr. Henry B. Singer for respondent. Mr. Abraham H. Rubenstein was also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes here upon certiorari, 262 U.S. 741, to review a decision apportioning a claim in bankruptcy for taxes, presented by the State of New York. 290 Fed. 950. On December 22, 1920, a petition was filed against the Ajax Dress Company, a manufacturing or mercantile corporation of the State of New York, and it was adjudicated a bankrupt. The State filed a claim for a tax for the year between November 1...

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