COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV. v. NEWPORT INDUSTRIES

No. 7320.

121 F.2d 655 (1941)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. NEWPORT INDUSTRIES, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 30, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. P. Wenchel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Robert N. Anderson, both of Washington, D. C. (Harry Marselli, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for petitioner.

Ellsworth C. Alvord and Floyd F. Toomey, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before EVANS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

In this case the Commissioner of Internal Revenue allowed an overpayment claim for one year, credited the overpayment against a deficiency for a prior year, and reported the resulting balance to the taxpayer. After the balance owing the Government for the prior year had been paid, the Commissioner disallowed the overpayment claim, reversed the credit and reinstated the deficiency. The question presented is whether the Commissioner had the power...

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