MELLON v. MERTZ

No. 6515.

82 F.2d 872 (1936)

MELLON, Secretary of Treasury, et al. v. MERTZ.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 24, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. E. Angevine, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., and Leslie C. Garnett, U. S. Atty., and John W. Fihelly, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

George E. H. Goodner, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.


GRONER, Associate Justice.

Appellee was a resident of Washington City. On March 15, 1921, he filed his 1920 income tax return, showing no tax to be due. The Commissioner found that $15,591.58 was due. Appellee appealed, and the Board of Tax Appeals reduced the tax to $6,533.07. The Commissioner acquiesced, and, after applying sundry amounts of overassessed tax payments made by appellee in the years 1917, 1919, and 1922, determined appellee's liability in the amount...

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