Legal Opinion

John L. Greer, Sr., and Wife, Russell Z. Greer v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 21, 1969No. 18218PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants, John L. Greer, Sr., and his wife, Russell Z. Greer, brought this action in the District Court against the United States for a refund of income taxes, in excess of $37,000, alleged to have been illegally assessed and collected. Mrs. Greer is a party only because she signed joint income tax returns with her husband for the tax years in question. For this reason we will refer to Mr. Greer alone as the taxpayer.

At the time this cause of action arose, and for several years prior thereto, the taxpayer was, in addition to his bakery business,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Helvering v. CliffordSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Lucas v. EarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  4. Helvering v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  4. Elmer Joseph Scharfenberger, Cross-Appellee v. John W. Wingo and Jerry L. Wilson, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
  5. Dennis M. Wolfel, Cross-Appellant v. Nick Sanborn, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977

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