Legal Opinion

United States v. Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering Co.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 18, 1938No. 3243PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by a taxpayer to recover the sum of $34,555.68 with interest as a part of an overpayment of $91,570.34 for income and excess profits taxes for the year 1917, which overpayment had been allowed by the Commissioner.

On July 27, 1926, the Commissioner assessed a deficiency tax against the plaintiff of $34,555.68 for the year 1918, and under section 284 of the Revenue Act of 1926, 44 Stat. 66, credited against such deficiency assessment the above amount, being a part of the overpayment already allowed for the 1917 taxes. The plaintiff contends that the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. R. H. Stearns Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Fleischmann Construction Co. v. United States Ex Rel. ForsbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Wilson v. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. Arthur C. Harvey Co. v. MalleySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1930

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jack M. Lesser v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  2. Frederic P. Holbrook, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Mitchell H. Hewitt, Bunkrupt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  3. Cía. Azucarera del Toa, Inc. v. Tribunal de Contribuciones de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1951
  4. Mac Rohde, A/K/A Max Ralph Rohde, A/K/A Mack Rohde v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  5. Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960

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