BIRMINGHAM v. GEER

No. 14140.

185 F.2d 82 (1950)

BIRMINGHAM v. GEER et ux.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Marselli, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, A. F. Prescott, and George R. Parsons, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Tobias E. Diamond, U. S. Atty., and William B. Danforth, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux City, Iowa, on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas B. Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa, and Christopher T. Boland, Washington, D. C. (Clyde B. Charlton, Louis A. Parker, Joseph Brody and Charles E. Harris, all of Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for appellees.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, a partnership, have operated a ballroom in Fort Dodge, Iowa, since 1938, known as the Laramar Ballroom, and have always paid the federal excise tax based on their admission charges, under 26 U.S.C.A. § 1700(a) (1), but for business done by them on December 9, 1948, they were compelled to pay the cabaret tax in the amount of $44.90 under 26 U.S.C.A. § 1700(e) on the amounts paid by patrons for soft drinks, chewing...

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