BURK-WAGGONER ASSN. v. HOPKINS

No. 67.

269 U.S. 110 (1925)

BURK-WAGGONER OIL ASSOCIATION v. HOPKINS, COLLECTOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Harry C. Weeks and Arnold R. Baar, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Burk-Waggoner Oil Association is an unincorporated joint stock association like those described in Hecht v. Malley, 265 U.S. 144. It was organized in Texas and carried on its business there. Under the Revenue Act of 1918, Act of February 24, 1919, c. 18, 40 Stat. 1057, it was assessed as a corporation the sum of $561...

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