ALLEN SMITH & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 44780.

36 F.Supp. 1016 (1941)

J. ALLEN SMITH & CO., Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

March 3, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. E. H. Goodner, of Washington, D. C. (D. F. Prince and Helen Goodner, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

George H. Foster, of Washington, D. C., and Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert N. Anderson and Fred K. Dyar, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for United States.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, BOOTH, and GREEN, Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff is a corporation. On July 19, 1932, it declared a dividend of not to exceed 25 percent of its capital stock to be paid during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933. Pursuant to this declaration, plaintiff paid dividends in the sum of $40,000 on June 30, 1933.

In 1937 the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, purporting to act under Section 213(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, assessed a tax of 5 percent, or $2,000, on the amount...

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