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UNITED STATES v. LOAN & BLDG. CO.

No. 46.

278 U.S. 55 (1928)

UNITED STATES v. CAMBRIDGE LOAN AND BUILDING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 19, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.H. Lewis, Jr., Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Assistant Attorney General Galloway were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. L.L. Hamby for respondent.

Messrs. Cleaveland R. Cross and Herbert W. Nauts filed a brief as amici curiae by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by the respondent to recover the amount of taxes for the years 1918 through 1923, paid under duress, from which it says that it was exempt by the Acts under which the taxes were levied. It recovered in the Court of Claims and a writ of certiorari was granted by this Court, April 9, 1928.

The respondent is incorporated under the laws of Ohio...

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