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Burnet v. Porter

283 U.S. 230, 51 S. Ct. 416, 75 L. Ed. 996, 1931 U.S. LEXIS 142, 9 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1433, 2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) 711
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
DecidedApril 13, 1931
Docket203
StatusPublished
Cited by71 cases

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Burnet v. Porter, 283 U.S. 230, 51 S. Ct. 416, 75 L. Ed. 996, 1931 U.S. LEXIS 142, 9 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1433, 2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) 711 (1931).

Opinion

Me. Justice Sutherland

delivered the opinion of the Court.

William W. Porter was a subscriber in the sum of $75,000 to the fund described in our opinion handed down this day in Burnet v. Houston, ante, p. 223. The facts in the present case are the same except that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue first approved the deduction and allowed a claim for refund of the proportional part of the tax, and then some time later reopened the case, disallowed the deduction and redetermined the tax. The court, of appeals sustained the power of the commissioner upon the authority of McIlhenny v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 39 F. (2d) 356; and was clearly right in doing so. That court, however, upon the main point, following its decision in the Houston case, reversed the determination of the Board of Tax Appeals in favor of the government. 39 F. (2d) 360. This is contrary to our decision in the Houston case, and upon that authority the judgment is

Reversed.

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