Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
United States v. Wilson
United States v. Wilson, 106 U.S. 620 (1883)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1883-02-18
- Topic
- general
Mr. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion of the court. We are not satisfied that the certificates of indebtedness, on account of which the United- States have assessed the taxes petitioned for, were calculated or intended to circulate or to be used as money. They were not, therefore, taxable as “ circulation under the third clause • of sect. 8408 of the Revised Statutes. • Decree affirmed.
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delivered the opinion of the court.
We are not satisfied that the certificates of indebtedness, on account of which the United- States have assessed the taxes petitioned for, were calculated or intended to circulate or to be used as money. They were not, therefore, taxable as “ circulation under the third clause • of sect. 8408 of the Revised Statutes. •
Decree affirmed.