PHILLIPS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 286.

42 F.2d 177 (1930)

PHILLIPS et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 9, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Goldman, of New York City (Milton J. Levitt and Arthur Rothstein, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

G. A. Youngquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sewall Key and John Vaughan Groner, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen. (C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Allin H. Pierce, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondents.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The appellants first challenge the constitutionality of section 280 of the Revenue Act of 1926 (26 USCA § 1069), and secondly assert that, even if it be constitutional, their liability is only for a pro rata share of the corporation's unpaid taxes.

Before passing to a consideration of these primary contentions, it is necessary to dispose of a jurisdictional question, although not urged by the appellee...

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