MERRILL v. UNITED STATES

No. 101.

152 F.2d 74 (1945)

MERRILL et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 3, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond W. Conklin, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Babcock, Newbury & Russ, of Buffalo, N. Y.), for appellants.

George L. Grobe, U. S. Atty., of Buffalo, N. Y., and Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Sewall Key, Helen R. Carloss, and Leland T. Atherton, all of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs argue that § 121(e) removes the bar of § 322(c). We cannot agree. § 121(e) specifically provides that, as to tax years before 1939, the amendment is to be treated as if it were a part of the original enactment, i. e., as if it had been in force in 1936. Accordingly, the plaintiffs could have made no further claim with respect to the tax year of 1936 after the disposition of their petition filed in 1939. The fact that...

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