1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 171 F.2d
  5. 171 F.2d 616 (1948)
 

BROOKLYN & RICHMOND FERRY CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF I. R.

No. 72, Docket 20997.

171 F.2d 616 (1948)

BROOKLYN & RICHMOND FERRY CO., Inc. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

December 23, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Chauncey Newlin and Ryder Henry, II (White & Case, of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner Brooklyn & Richmond Ferry Co., Inc.

Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson, and Irving I. Axelrad, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Ferry Company, had an exclusive right to operate ferryboats from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to St. George, Staten Island, for a term of twenty years beginning March 31, 1934. The franchise was not assignable without the consent of the City of New York which had granted it and was subject to cancellation for certain specified defaults of the petitioner, including failure to operate...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases