Lucas v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appeals are from judgments awarded a distiller against the collector of internal revenue for taxes assessed and paid under protest upon industrial alcohol, the loss of which by evaporation was determined after the effective date of the National Prohibition Law. The claims for refund were asserted under section 14, title 3, of the act (27 USCA § 84), and denied. The questions presented are whether section 14 applies to distilleries and bonded warehouses established under general laws prior to the passage of the act, or only to those thereafter operating under it;…