GEER v. BIRMINGHAM

Civ. No. 423.

88 F.Supp. 189 (1950)

GEER et ux. v. BIRMINGHAM.

United States District Court N. D. Iowa, C. D.

January 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Roberts and Charles Harris (of Brammer, Brody, Charlton, Parker & Roberts), of Des Moines, Iowa, and Christopher T. Boland, of Washington, D. C., for the plaintiffs.

Tobias E. Diamond, United States District Attorney, of Sioux City, Iowa, and George R. Parsons, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the defendant.


GRAVEN, District Judge.

An action by the plaintiffs under Section 1340 of the Revised Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1340, to recover from the defendant Collector taxes claimed to have been illegally and erroneously collected. The question involved is whether the receipts of a ballroom operated by the plaintiffs are subject to the so-called "cabaret tax." Section 1700(a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 1700(a) (1), provides for a tax on, "the...

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