Legal Opinion

Estate of Johnson v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 2, 1944No. 45784Published

1Opinion of the Court

Capital stock tax; corporation engaged in liquidation of estate property “doing business” under the applicable tax (statutes and regulations; decision in Johnson v. United States, 92 C. Cls. 483, overruled by decision in the Magruder case, 316 U. S. 69.

*854Decided October 2, 1944; plaintiff not entitled to recover and petition dismissed. Ante, p. 213.

Plaintiff’s petition for writ of certiorari denied by the Supreme Court March 5,1945.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Magruder v. Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Realty Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Estate of Johnson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1941