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BURNET v. A.T. JERGINS TRUST

No. 541.

288 U.S. 508 (1933)

53 S.Ct. 439

77 L.Ed. 925

BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. A.T. JERGINS TRUST.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 13, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, and Francis H. Horan were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Marc F. Mitchell and A. Calder Mackay, with whom Mr. Thomas R. Dempsey was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Prior to 1911 the city of Long Beach, California, procured water from companies owning and operating artesian wells on lands lying outside the city. The service proving inadequate and unsatisfactory, the municipality in 1911 acquired these lands, comprising about 600 acres, and the appurtenant systems, and has since used the...

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