Hormel v. Helvering

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1941-03-17

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue assessed a deficiency against petitioner for failure to include in his 1934 and 1935 tax returns the income of three separate trusts declared by him in 1934. Each of the declarations of trust recited that the beneficiaries were “Jay C. Hormel [petitioner himself], and Ge…

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