GOETHALS v. UNITED STATES

No. 198-54.

147 F.Supp. 757 (1957)

George R. GOETHALS and Priscilla H. Goethals v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Nolan, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. David W. Richmond and Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

Leo M. McCormack, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. Andrew D. Sharpe and H. S. Fessenden, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

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


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, sue to recover amounts paid by them as income taxes for the years 1949, 1950, and 1951. They claim that the money paid the plaintiff George R. Goethals, hereinafter called the plaintiff, by the Government in those years, which was the supposed income upon which the taxes were based, was not taxable income, but was a series of non-taxable gifts to him by the Government.

The plaintiff graduated from the United...

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