WARD v. ROUNTREE

Civ. A. No. 2517.

193 F.Supp. 154 (1961)

John A. WARD and Hilda Ward, Plaintiffs, v. J. M. ROUNTREE, District Director of Internal Revenue, Defendant.

United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

April 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert A. McBride, Benjamin Goodman and Thomas F. Johnston, of Armstrong, McCadden, Allen, Braden & Goodman, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Harvey G. Schneider, Atty., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Fred Elledge, Jr., U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.

In this action, the plaintiffs seek recovery of $141,315.70 paid to defendant pursuant to an assessment of income tax deficiency, with interest, for the year 1954. The plaintiffs as husband and wife filed a joint return for the year in question, but the controversy relates to the income of the husband alone. Consequently, the term "plaintiff" when hereafter used will refer to the plaintiff John A. Ward.

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