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ALLNUTT v. COMPTROLLER OF TREASURY

Nos. 494, 683, September Term, 1984.

61 Md. App. 517 (1985)

487 A.2d 670

FRED W. ALLNUTT v. COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Mayer, Ellicott City (Susan S. James, Ellicott City, on brief), for appellant.

John K. Barry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Annapolis (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. and Linda K. Boyd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, and Gerald Langbaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Annapolis, on brief), for appellee.

Argued before WILNER, WEANT and ROSALYN B. BELL, JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

"Taxes," said Justice Holmes, in dissent, "are what we pay for civilized society."1 Mr. Fred W. Allnutt, it would seem, does not wish to pay the price.

Allnutt operates a construction and excavation business as a sole proprietor. At some point in 1981, he decided that he was no longer obliged to pay either sales or income taxes to the State of Maryland. The Comptroller of the Treasury came to a rather different conclusion...

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