Legal Opinion
Robbins v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 29, 1925No. 17338PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARTRIDGE, District Judge.
This is an action to recover the sum of $6,788.03, income tax paid by R. D. Robbins for the year 1918. Admittedly, however, it is presented here as a test ease, in order that appeal may be had directly to the Supreme Court, and it is said that, if the suit goes against the government, the treasury will be compelled to refund to citizens of the state of California a sum in excess of $77,000,000.
R. D. Robbins and Sadie M. Robbins were married in 1871, and continued as husband and wife until his death in 1919. During those years a large fortune was accumulated. In 1918,…
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