Case: HENRY C. CUMMINS v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Cummins v. United States
Decision Date: 1933-06-19
Docket Number: No. L-337
Citation: 78 Ct. Cl. 268
Volume: 78
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: HENRY C. CUMMINS v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: Williams, Judge; Littleton, Judge; Green, Judge; and; Booth, Chief Justice, concur.
Pages: 268–283

Head Matter:
HENRY C. CUMMINS v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. L-337.
Decided June 19, 1933]
Mr. Julius F. Srrmtcmha for the plaintiff.
Mr. Assistant Attorney General Charles B. Rugg for the ■ defendant. Mr. John W. Hussey was on the brief.'

Opinion:
Whaley, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff seeks to recover the income tax paid by him. upon income derived from certain securities which were included in a trust established by plaintiff on February 16, 1923, for the benefit of his dependents and heirs. The trust instrument required that such income be used to satisfy the premiums on insurance policies in the trust upon plaintiff's life. Plaintiff duly filed his individual income-tax returns for the calendar years 1926 and 1927. Plaintiff did not include in his return the amount of income derived from the trust securities and used to satisfy the premiums on the insurance policies referred to above. Deficiency assessments-were made for the years 1926 and 1927 based upon unreported income. Plaintiff paid the assessments up to October 23, 1929, and on the same day filed claims for refund. The claims were rejected.
The sole issue in this case is the constitutionality of section. 219 (h) of the Revenue Act of 1926.
In the recent case of Burnet, Commissioner, v. Wells, decided by the Supreme Court on May 29, 1933, the validity of this section of the Revenue Act is upheld. In our opinion, this decision is a complete answer to the question and is controlling in this case. See also Irenee DuPont v. Commissioner, decided by the Supreme Court on May 29, 1933.
The petition is dismissed. It is so ordered.
Williams, Judge; Littleton, Judge; Green, Judge; and; Booth, Chief Justice, concur.