Central Trust Co. of New York v. Treat
Decision Date | 10 June 1909 |
Citation | 171 F. 301 |
Parties | CENTRAL TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK v. TREAT, Collector. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York |
This is an action to recover $22,156 paid by the plaintiff under protest as a tax claimed by the defendant, a collector of internal revenue, to be due under War Revenue Act June 13 1898, c. 448, Sec. 2, 30 Stat. 448 (U.S. Comp. St. 1901, p 2286). The relevant parts of the section read as follows:
The only matter in dispute is whether the tax is payable on $11,078,355.29, being accumulated and undivided profits resulting from the conducting of the business of complainant for many years.
Joline, Larkin & Rathbone, for plaintiff.
Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Atty., for defendant.
LACOMBE Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
In view of former decisions in this circuit (Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Treat (C.C.) 116 F. 774; Id. 128 F. 262, 62 C.C.A. 644) there would be no difficulty in finding that these accumulated undivided profits are either 'surplus' or 'capital.' In the case cited the plaintiff was a bank engaged solely in a...
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