SCOFIELD v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN HOUSTON

No. 11566.

158 F.2d 268 (1946)

SCOFIELD v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN HOUSTON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 5, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. M. Sellers, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Sewall Key, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., and Joseph W. Cash, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Edward S. Boyles and M. U. S. Kjorlaug, both of Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was brought by First National Bank of Houston and First National Bank in Houston, as its successor, for a refund of $21,136.49, paid by First National Bank of Houston as income taxes for the calendar year 1937. The successorship is without bearing on the issues in the case, and reference hereafter to plaintiffs-appellees, as taxpayers or otherwise, will be in the singular.

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