WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INT. REV.

No. 44.

68 F.2d 16 (1933)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 18, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis R. Stark, of New York City (Ralph H. Kimball, Francis N. Whitney, and Robert C. Barnett, all of New York City, of counsel), for the Western Union Telegraph Co.

Pat Malloy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Sewall Key, Norman D. Keller, and F. Edward Mitchell, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., of counsel), for the Commissioner.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Purporting to act pursuant to section 280 of the Revenue Act of 1926 (26 USCA § 1069 and note), the Commissioner of Internal Revenue assessed against the Western Union Telegraph Company (hereinafter referred to as Western Union) as transferee of Gold & Stock Telegraph Company (hereinafter referred to as G. & S. Co.) and of Pacific & Atlantic Telegraph Company (hereinafter referred to as P. & A. Co.) liability in respect to...

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