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Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, v. Reynolds, 1941 — 312 U.S. 672 · caselaw · US
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Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, v. Reynolds
312 U.S. 672·Supreme Court of the United States·1941
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Opinion
No. 684.
Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, v. Reynolds.
February 17, 1941.
Solicitor General Biddle for petitioner. Messrs. J. Gilmer Korner, Jr. and II. G. Hudson for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted, limited to the questions presented by the petition, with the exception of the question whether the remainder was vested or contingent under the law of North Carolina.