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BURNET v. THOMPSON OIL & G. CO.

No. 288.

283 U.S. 301 (1931)

BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. THOMPSON OIL & GAS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Richardson, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist and Messrs. Sewall Key and J. Louis Monarch, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, Paul D. Miller, Clarence M. Charest, General Counsel, and John MacC. Hudson, Special Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Phil D. Morelock and James S.Y. Ivins for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue determined a deficiency in the respondent's income tax for 1918. Upon the taxpayer's petition the Board of Tax Appeals sustained the Commissioner.1 An appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the judgment of the Board, 40 F.2d 493. This court granted certiorari...

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