EDWARDS v. CUBA RAILROAD

No. 324.

268 U.S. 628 (1925)

EDWARDS, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom the Solicitor General and Mr. Nelson T. Hartson were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Howard Mansfield, with whom Mr. Allen Evarts Foster was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff, a New Jersey corporation, owns and operates a railroad in Cuba. In March, 1917, it made return of its income for 1916; and, in due time, paid the tax assessed on the basis of its return. Plaintiff had received in 1911 to 1916, inclusive, subsidy payments from the Republic of Cuba, amounting in all to $1,696,216.20, but did not report any part of them as taxable...

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