Legal Opinion
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. King
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1934No. 7038PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
In October, 1920, the receiver of a railway company, after being authorized by an order, made in the receivership proceeding in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, to bring suit against the Pierce Oil Corporation for damages for alleged breach of two contracts entered into by that corporation for the sale and delivery of fuel oil, entered into an oral agreement with the respondent, a lawyer, who resided in Houston, Tex., for the institution and prosecution of such suit, for which, as stated in a finding of fact, “but wholly contingent…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Poe v. SeabornSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Hopkins v. BaconSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Nutt v. KnutSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Welder v. LambertTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Stiles v. HawkinsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Shilkret v. HelveringCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Due v. DueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Wrightsman v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Bryan v. BryanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
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