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U.S. v. CONTINENTAL BANK

No. 22.

305 U.S. 398 (1939)

59 S.Ct. 308

83 L.Ed. 249

UNITED STATES v. CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO., TRUSTEE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Louis Monarch, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Morris, and Messrs. Sewall Key, F.E. Youngman, and Warner W. Gardner were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Herbert Pope for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

May 6, 1932, petitioner sued respondents in the federal court for the northern district of Illinois to enforce a claim for part of income and profits taxes for 1920 assessed against an Illinois corporation dissolved in December, 1921. The question for decision is whether the suit is barred by lapse of time.

The pertinent substance of the complaint, as amended...

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