Dollar Savings Bank v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The United States brought an action of debt against The Dollar Savings Bank, in the court below, to recover certain internal revenue taxes, which the declaration alleged were due from it to the government.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The United States brought an action of debt against The Dollar Savings Bank, in the court below, to recover certain internal revenue taxes, which the declaration alleged were due from it to the government. These taxes were asserted to have been authorized by an amendment contained in the ninth section of the Internal Revenue'Act of July 13th, 1866,* by which part of a prior Internal Revenue Act, the act, namely, of June 30th, 1864, w.as repealed, and in place thereof it was enacted: “That there shall be levied and collected…
1Opinion of the Court 1
86 U.S. 227 (____)
19 Wall. 227
THE DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK
v.
UNITED STATES.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. B.R. Curtis, for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.
2Opinion of the Court · StrongJustice Strong
The facts found by the special verdict are that the plaintiff in error is a banking institution created by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without stockholders or capital stock, and doing the business of receiving deposits to be loaned or invested for the sole benefit of its depositors; that the charter authorizes the retention of a contingent fund accumulated from the earnings to the extent of…
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3Cases cited6 opinions
- Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- MEREDITH v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Commonwealth v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
- United States v. LymanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1818
- United States v. GreeneU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1827
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