SCHENLEY IMPORT CORP. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 570-53, 571-53, 572-53, 573-53.

121 F.Supp. 646 (1953)

SCHENLEY IMPORT CORP. v. UNITED STATES. SCHENLEY IMPORT CORP. et al. v. UNITED STATES. MANY, BLANC & CO., Inc. v. UNITED STATES. JOSEPH S. FINCH & CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Morrison, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. William Montgomery Smith, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs.

Benjamin H. Pester, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. H. Brian Holland, for defendant. Ellis N. Slack and Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

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


MADDEN, Judge.

In these cases the plaintiffs seek to recover the unused portions of deposits made by them with the Government to secure the payment of internal revenue taxes on liquors which they imported. The taxes which were ultimately assessed used up the greater part of their deposits, but there were sums left over which they were entitled to get back. The Government says they lost their right to get them back because they did not demand them within the time fixed...

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