UNITED STATES v. ANDREWS

No. 48.

302 U.S. 517 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. ANDREWS, EXECUTRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Norman D. Keller, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Morris, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Edward J. Ennis were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Fred R. Seibert for respondent.

By leave of Court, Mr. Percy W. Phillips filed a brief as amicus curiae, in support of respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether a claim for refund of income tax, asking repayment of a definite sum upon a specific ground, is susceptible of untimely amendment to recover a greater sum on a new and unrelated ground.

The respondent, on behalf of the estate she represented, paid the income tax shown to be due by her return, which exhibited an item of gross income of $110,891 as "dividends...

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