SKINNER v. EATON

No. 2978.

34 F.2d 575 (1929)

SKINNER et al. v. EATON, Internal Revenue Collector.

District Court, D. Connecticut.

August 6, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Day, Berry & Reynolds, of Hartford, Conn. (Lawrence A. Howard, of Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

John Buckley, U. S. Atty., and John A. Danaher, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Hartford, Conn., and C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Eldon O. Hanson, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for defendant.


BURROWS, District Judge.

This action was commenced by the plaintiffs as executors under the will of William C. Skinner to recover $17,827.70, collected from the deceased as income taxes for the years 1917, 1918 and 1919. At the time of the trial, amendment was made increasing the claim to $30,000. Jury having been waived by stipulation in writing, the case was tried to the court.

The account of the decedent, Exhibit 1, shows that he purchased from 1901 to...

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