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Tax
Brainard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
303 U.S. 665·Supreme Court of the United States·1938
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Opinion
No. 633.
Brainard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Argued March 9, 1938.
Dismissed March 14, 1938,
Mr. John E. Hughes for petitioner. Mr. A. F. Prescott, with whom Acting Solicitor General Bell, Assistant Attorney General Morris, Mr. J. Louis Monarch and also Solicitor General Jackson were on the briefs, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari, 302 U. S. 682, to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
on motion of counsel for the petitioner.