Klies v. Linnane

Defendant county treasurer appeals from a judgment awarded plaintiffs for the recovery of money paid under protest as a tax upon the net proceeds of mines.

The agreed statement of facts recites that during the year 1942 the plaintiffs produced ores containing specified amounts of gold, silver, lead and zinc, which they sold on the open market to purchasers other than the United States Government for $182,382.20; that “in addition to that amount so received by plaintiffs from the sale of said metals, the government of the United States, acting through the Metals Reserve Corporation [Company],…