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METCALF & EDDY v. MITCHELL

Nos. 183 and 376.

269 U.S. 514 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 172

70 L.Ed. 384

METCALF & EDDY v. MITCHELL, ADMINISTRATRIX. MITCHELL, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. METCALF & EDDY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Philip Nichols and Joseph A. Boyer were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error in No. 183 and defendants in error in No. 376.

Mr. Lewis M. Isaacs, submitted a brief as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Metcalf & Eddy, the plaintiffs below, were consulting engineers who, either individually or as co-partners, were professionally employed to advise states or subdivisions of states with reference to proposed water supply and sewage disposal systems. During 1917 the fees received by them for these services were paid over to the firm and became a part of its gross income. Upon this portion of their net income...

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