CHEATHAM ET AL. v. UNITED STATES


92 U.S. 85 (____)

CHEATHAM ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Cooper for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Edwin B. Smith, contra.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error paid to the defendant, who was collector of internal revenue, the sum of $32,074 under protest, and brought their suit to recover the money, on the ground that the tax, as assessed, was illegal. It was assessed as income-tax for the year 1864 against the female plaintiff, who was then a widow, named Acklin. The tax originally assessed amounted to $99,726. From this assessment Mrs. Acklin appealed...

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