BROWN & SONS CO. v. BURNET

No. 115.

282 U.S. 283 (1931)

W.P. BROWN & SONS LUMBER COMPANY v. BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.W. Spalding for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Rugg, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, and Messrs. Claude R. Branch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Joseph H. Sheppard, and Bradley B. Gilman were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

On April 1, 1918, W.P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company filed its income and profits tax return for the year 1917. The tax thereon was duly paid. On March 6, 1923, the Bureau of Internal Revenue duly mailed to the taxpayer notice of a deficiency. A timely appeal was taken to the Commissioner who had meanwhile, in March, 1923, made a jeopardy assessment. On March 27, 1923, the taxpayer filed a claim for abatement...

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