GLENDINNING, McLEISH & CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV.

No. 74.

61 F.2d 950 (1932)

GLENDINNING, McLEISH & CO., Inc., v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 5, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Russell and Joseph B. Miller, both of New York City, for petitioner.

G. A. Youngquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key and Morton X. Rothchild, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen. (C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Harold Allen, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondents.

Before MANTON, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The contention of the petitioner that the agreement for reimbursement applied only to subdivision (b) of paragraph (6) flies in the face of the fact that there was not only no limitation in terms to subdivision (b), but an apparent impossibility of performance if it covered only that. For, if the Belfast company upon dissolution should be without assets sufficient to pay to its preferred stockholders the par...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases