REID v. RAFFERTY

No. 47.

15 F.2d 264 (1926)

REID v. RAFFERTY, Collector of Internal Revenue.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 3, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Pierre M. Brown, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff in error.

William A. De Groot, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Floyd F. Toomey, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, and A. W. Gregg, Gen. Counsel, both of Washington, D. C., for defendant in error.

Before HOUGH, MANTON, and MACK, Circuit Judges.


HOUGH, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The record before us consists of the pleadings. We are not assisted by any reports of committees in respect of the statute sections involved. Title 2 of the Act of October 3, 1917 (Comp. St. § 6336 3/8a et seq.), created a "war excess profits tax." Section 201 laid the tax by saying: "That in addition to the taxes under existing law and under this act there shall be levied, assessed, collected, and paid...

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