Legal Opinion

Rand v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 21, 1919No. 213PublishedCited by 22 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

This case involves a consideration of the inheritance tax law of June 13, 189S, generally called the War Revenue Act (30 Stat. 448, 464-5), and was brought in the Court of Claims to recover the amount of a tax assessed and collected under that law.

The Court of Claims dismissed the case on the grounds (1) that appellant did not file any claim with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; (2) that the tax was voluntarily paid. The decision is resisted by appellant and other coiítentions aré made against the tax.

Section 29 of the Act of 1898 provided that any person or . persons having in charge or…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. HvoslefSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. United States v. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Simpson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. John M. Quarty, Personal Representative of the Estate of Angele C. Quarty Elizabeth B. Cherne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  5. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939

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