HOLLANDER v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 11464.

219 F.2d 934 (1955)

Edna G. HOLLANDER, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. McManus, Pittsburgh, Pa., (Robert F. Banks, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner.

Dudley J. Godfrey, Jr., Washington, D. C., (H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson, Stanley P. Wagman, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

Before McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

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