United States Board of Tax Appeals v. United States ex rel. McCandless

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellee, James S. MeCandless, instituted a proceeding in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the United States Board of Tax Appeals, praying “that a writ of mandamus issue in this cause, directed to the respondent, requiring it to strike from the records its purported decision of April 23, 1926, and enter of record, as the findings of fact and decision of said board, that of division No. 3 filed November 27,1925.”

It appears that plaintiff, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the territory of Hawaii, appealed from a decision of the…