Legal Opinion

Bankers' Reserve Life Co. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided December 1, 1930No. K-432PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The plaintiff brings this suit to recover $19,474.58, income taxes paid for the year 1923, together with interest thereon.

The averments in plaintiff’s petition, material to the issue raised by the demurrer, are substantially as follows:

That said company is and at all times since the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 227), approved November 23, 1921, has been a life insurance company within the meaning,of that act.

“Sec. 245 (a) That in the case of a life insurance company the' term ‘net income’ means the gross income less—
“ (1) The amount of interest received…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Old Colony Trust Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. National Life Insurance v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  3. Ohio Steel Foundry Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1930
  4. Bankers' Reserve Life Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1930
  5. Bindley v. HeinerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Frank Erickson and Amelia Erickson v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1962
  2. Elbert v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
  3. Dolores J. Russell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  4. Brooks v. DriscollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
  5. Continental Petroleum Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936

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