UNITED STATES v. P. & W.V. RY.

Nos. 864, 865.

271 U.S. 310 (1926)

UNITED STATES v. PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Mr. A.A. McLaughlin was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Harvey D. Jacob, with whom Mr. Frank M. Swacker was on the brief, for the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company et al.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $21,295.62, being two per cent. tax on their consolidated income for 1921. Plaintiffs have taken a cross appeal, and insist that the court erred in failing to add their expenses and attorneys' fees.

The Pittsburgh Company owned all the capital stock of the West Side Company. Their railroads were taken over by the President and were operated...

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