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U.S. v. JEFFERSON ELECTRIC CO.

No. 171.

291 U.S. 386 (1934)

54 S.Ct. 443

78 L.Ed. 859

UNITED STATES v. JEFFERSON ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 12, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Wideman, with whom Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Erwin N. Griswold, J. Louis Monarch, Francis H. Horan, and John R. Fillman were on the brief, for petitioners in Nos. 171 and 329, and respondent in No. 196.

Mr. Newton K. Fox, with whom Mr. Adrian C. Humphreys was on the brief, for respondent in No. 171.

Messrs. David S. Day and Chester I. Long, with whom Messrs. Peter Q. Nyce, Charles P. Swindler, and Samuel W. McIntosh were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 196.

Mr. Charles C. Norris, Jr., with whom Mr. Augustus B. Stoughton was on the brief, for respondent in No. 329.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are actions at law brought — in one instance against the United States and in two against a revenue collector — to recover in each instance money alleged to have been erroneously and illegally exacted as an excise tax — under subdivision 3 of § 900 of the Revenue Acts of 19181 and 19212 and subdivision 3 of § 600...

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