UNITED STATES v. PETTIGREW

No. 7693.

81 F.2d 666 (1936)

UNITED STATES v. PETTIGREW.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 27, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., James W. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Norman D. Keller and F. E. Youngman, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., and H. H. McPike, U. S. Atty., and Esther B. Phillips, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

John C. Altman and Richard S. Goldman, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before WILBUR, DENMAN, and MATHEWS, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals from a judgment in favor of appellee, Percy Pettigrew, for the sum of $3,424.99, the same being income taxes alleged to be illegally and erroneously assessed for the year 1928. The facts are not in dispute and may be briefly summarized as follows:

Plaintiff, Pettigrew, on March 15, 1929, returned a net income for 1928 of $78,780.93. Of this total $1,215 represented fees and salary paid plaintiff in return for personal...

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