UNITED STATES v. RIVERLAKE COUNTRY CLUB, INC.

No. 19167.

306 F.2d 564 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. RIVERLAKE COUNTRY CLUB, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Michael I. Smith, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Barefoot Sanders, U. S. Atty., Joseph McElroy, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Robert N. Anderson, Richard J. Heiman, Attys., Dept of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appelalnt.

W. R. Sessions, William W. Looney, Dallas, Tex., Sessions, Sessions, Ackels & Looney, Dallas, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, RIVES, and BELL, Circuit Judges.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

The United States makes claim here for excise taxes on what are alleged to be social club initiation fees. Appellee, Riverlake Country Club, Inc., filed a petition for an arrangement under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act on December 3, 1958.1 The claim of the government, made in that proceeding, was disallowed in part by the Referee in Bankruptcy. This appeal followed affirmance by the District Court. In...

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