PELICAN ICE CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 7495.

76 F.2d 272 (1935)

PELICAN ICE CO., Limited, et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 23, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin T. Merrick, Ralph J. Schwarz, and Morris B. Redmann, all of New Orleans, La., for petitioners.

Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jos. M. Jones, Sewall Key, and Norman D. Keller, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Robert H. Jackson, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and John H. Pigg, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

In income tax returns for the years 1926 and 1927, the Commissioner and the Board of Tax Appeals refused to recognize affiliation between Pelican Ice Company and Pelican Cold Storage & Warehousing Company, thereby increasing the former's tax. During these years one Behre was president of both corporations and practically controlled them. He, his wife, and five children owned all of the stock of Pelican Ice Company, while he and Pelican Ice...

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