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COMPANIA GENERAL v. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 335.

279 U.S. 306 (1929)

COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS v. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 8, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence H. Cake, with whom Messrs. Francis W. Clements, Clyde A. Dewitt, Eugene A. Perkins, and Wm. C. Brady were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. William Cattron Rigby, Judge Advocate, with whom Messrs. Edward A. Kreger, Judge Advocate General, U.S.A., and Delfin Jaranilla, Attorney General of the Philippine Islands, were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a Spanish corporation, brought suit in the Court of First Instance of the City of Manila, to recover income taxes alleged to have been illegally exacted. Judgment for petitioner was reversed by the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands. Vol. XXVI, Philippine Official Gazette, No. 65, May 31, 1928, p. 1712. This Court granted certiorari October 22, 1928, 278 U.S. 591, under § 7 of the Act of February...

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