GALLARDO v. COOMBS

No. 2256.

29 F.2d 523 (1928)

GALLARDO, Treasurer of Porto Rico, v. COOMBS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 27, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Cattron Rigby, Lieutenant Colonel, Judge Advocate, John A. Hull, Major General, Judge Advocate General, both of Washington, D. C. (James R. Beverley, Atty. Gen. of Porto Rico, on the brief), for appellant.

Dean Hill Stanley, of Washington, D. C. (David A. Buckley, Jr., of New York City, on the brief), for appellees.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit at law begun in the United States District Court for Porto Rico on May 20, 1920, by the trustees in dissolution of the Fajardo Sugar Company — which was doing business in Porto Rico until February, 1919 — against the treasurer of Porto Rico, to recover seven-twelfths of an income tax — $28,806.18 — voluntarily paid by the Fajardo Company on January 3 or 7, 1919, under Act No. 59 of the Porto Rican...

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