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ISELIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 119.

270 U.S. 245 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 248

70 L.Ed. 566

ISELIN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.G. Pickering, with whom Messrs. Eldon Bisbee and Henry Root Stern were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City is owned by a corporation which leased it to the producing company. The use of all the parterre boxes was reserved by the lessor, with the privilege of six free admissions to each box at every performance. Before the passage of the Revenue Law of 1918, the lessor conferred upon Georgine Iselin, as owner of 300 of its shares, a license so to use a designated parterre...

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