CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. No. 722. Argued April 4, 1934. Decided May 21, 1934. 1. Under the Revenue Act of 1928 a life insurance company is not allowed to deduct from gross income the expenses of a building owned and occupied in whole or in part by it unless there is included in the return of gross income the rental value of the space so occupied, not less than a sum which, in addition to any rents received from other tenants, shall provide a net income,
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. No. 108. Argued October 21, 22, 1926. Decided November 29, 1926. 1. The legal reserve of a mutual life insurance company, consisting of premiums paid by the members, and earnings upon premiums invested, is "invested capital," within the war excess profits tax provisions of the Revenue Act of 1917, which (§ 207(a),) define invested capital, in the case of a corporation or partnership, as "(1) Actual cash paid in, (2) the actual cash
No. 42523. October 15, 1934. Jay C. Halls, of Chicago, Ill. (Albert L. Hopkins, Stephen M. Reynolds, and Hopkins, Sutter, Halls De Wolfe, all of Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for plaintiff. Guy Patten and Edward H. Horton, both of Washington, D.C., and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States. Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHALEY, Judges. LITTLETON, Judge. The question presented in this case is whether the amounts of $107,620 and $127,407.73 held
No. 15217 Opinion Filed January 27, 1925. Municipal Corporations — Constitutional "Debt Limit" — Special Assessments Against City Property for Improvements. Section 26, art, 10, of the state Constitution is a "debt" limit and not a "tax" limit provision, and does not apply to assessments for benefits occasioned by reason of public improvements levied against real estate owned by a municipal corporation. (Syllabus by Ray, C.) Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 1. Error from District Court, Noble
December Term, 1897. Albert B. Boardman and Edward M. Shepard, for the motion. George Zabriskie and Cephas Brainerd, Jr., opposed. VAN BRUNT, P.J.: The imperious necessity of improved means of transit in the city of New York has long been recognized. It had become so evident that in the year 1892 the people determined that, as there seemed to be no other means for its accomplishment, it should be brought into existence even by the pledge of the credit of the city. This necessity seems to have addressed