MERRILL v. UNITED STATES

No. 49846.

105 F.Supp. 379 (1952)

MERRILL v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Boland, New York City (Chadbourne, Hunt, Jaeckel & Brown, New York City, on the briefs), for plaintiff.

Joseph H. Sheppard, Washington, D. C. (Ellis N. Slack, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.


JONES, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff taxpayer is suing for a refund of taxes for the calendar years 1944 and 1945, in which he had a net income (including net capital gains) of $1,246,597.23, and $1,975,818.74, respectively. Section 12(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 12(g), as constituted for the years in question, contained an effective tax rate limitation of 90 percent of the net income of the taxpayer, applicable to taxes imposed by sections 11 and...

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