United States v. S. Twitchell Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
At Law. Action by the United States against the S. Twitchell Company. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendant moves for judgment non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND., District Judge.
This suit was instituted by the government to recover the sum of $li'4.99, with interest from the 1st day of December, 1908, being a special internal revenue tax and penalty prescribed by section 3244, Rev. St. (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2096), to be paid by all persons engaged in the business or occupation of “rectifying, purifying and refining” distilled spirits.
The case, with three others, was tried before the same jury, and witnesses called both by the government and the defendants. At the close of the trial, however, the facts were practically agreed upon in all…
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