BRIGGS & TURIVAS v. UNITED STATES

No. K-50.

53 F.2d 140 (1931)

BRIGGS & TURIVAS, Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

November 2, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. C. Lake, of Washington, D. C. (Albert L. Hopkins, of Washington, D. C., Harry B. Sutter and Donald J. De Wolfe, both of Chicago, Ill., and Anderson A. Owen, and Hopkins, Starr & Hopkins, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Heber H. Rice, of Washington, D. C., and Charles B. Rugg, Asst. Atty. Gen. (George H. Foster, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHALEY, Judges.


BOOTH, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, sues to recover an allowed overpayment of its income and profits taxes for the year 1918. The facts, not in dispute, disclose that the plaintiff on June 15, 1919, paid to the collector of internal revenue for the First collection district of Illinois $15,408.09 income and profits taxes for 1918. On February 8, 1924, the plaintiff paid to the same collector $57,355.68 additional income and profits taxes...

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