ELMER CANDY CO. v. FAUNTLEROY

No. 5213.

24 F.2d 95 (1928)

ELMER CANDY CO., Inc., v. FAUNTLEROY, Collector of Internal Revenue.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 2, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Robinson, of New Orleans, La., for plaintiff in error.

Wayne G. Borah, U. S. Atty., and T. M. Logan Bruns, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New Orleans, La., and Frank J. Ready, Jr., and Chas. T. Hendler, Sp. Attys. Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for defendant in error.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

From February, 1919, to April, 1920, inclusive, plaintiff in error, hereafter called plaintiff, made total sales of candy subject to the federal excise tax of 5 per cent. under the provisions of the Revenue Act of 1918 (40 Stat. 1057), and paid the taxes calculated on 5 per cent. of the gross amount received by it. In December, 1920, the Revenue Department, construing the act, adopted a regulation permitting a manufacturer to pass the tax on...

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