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RILEY CO. v. COMMISSIONER

No. 50.

311 U.S. 55 (1940)

J.E. RILEY INVESTMENT CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 12, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Ash for petitioner.

Mr. Richard H. Demuth, with whom Solicitor General Biddle, Assistant Attorney General Clark, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Joseph M. Jones were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on certiorari to resolve the conflict of the decision below (110 F.2d 655) with C.H. Mead Coal Co. v. Commissioner, 106 F.2d 388.

Petitioner is engaged in the business of mining gold at Flat, Alaska. The winter mail service to and from that remote place was so uncertain and slow that, in order to avoid...

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