UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL

No. 20437.

349 F.2d 94 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Louis H. MITCHELL et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Mulroney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Joseph Kovner, Meyer Rothwacks, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Alex T. Howard, Jr., Robert F. Adams, Mayer W. Perloff, J. Edward Thornton, Mobile, Ala., McCorvey, Turner, Johnstone, Adams & May, Thornton & McGowin, Mobile, Ala., of counsel, for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and MOORE and BELL, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

The United States of America (the Government) brought this action against Louis H. Mitchell and his wife, Betty K. Mitchell, (and other individual defendants) and against four insurance companies from whom Mitchell had secured life insurance, to collect income taxes assessed against Mitchell for the years 1943 through 1948 and 1951 through 1953, and against Louis H. and Betty K. Mitchell for 1954. In addition, the Government in this action sought...

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