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120 F.2d 243

Docket No. 8571.

Murphy v. Graves

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided May 6, 1941.

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1941-05-06

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Relies on Snyder v. Marks

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1941-05-06

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¶1*244William O. Ballard and Denman, Miller & Beatty, all of Toledo, Ohio, for appellant.

¶2E. B. Freed, U. S. Atty., of Cleveland, Ohio, and John Paul Mantón, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Toledo, Ohio, for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4It appearing from the record that appellee, Charles H. Graves, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Tenth Collection District of Ohio, having died during the pendency of this action and that James A. Brady, Acting Collector for said District, having succeeded him, it is ordered that this cause be revived and hereafter proceed against James A. Brady, Acting Collector of Internal Revenue for the Tenth Ohio Collection District.

¶5It further appearing from the record that appellant, James W. Murphy, doing business as LaFrance Toledo- Company, seeks herein to restrain the assessment or collection of taxes against him by the appellee, James A. Brady, Acting Collector, made under the color of his office, and it further appearing that appellant seeks a declaratory judgment declaring his rights and legal liability to pay taxes proposed to be assessed against him by appellee, and it appearing that no fact is in the record showing extraordinary and entirely exceptional circumstances making inapplicable Section 3224 of the Revised Statutes, Title 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, § 3653, which prohibits suits to restrain the assessment or collection of taxes made by Internal Revenue officers under color of their offices, (Snyder v. Marks, 109 U.S. 189, 3 S.Ct. 157, 27 L.Ed. 901), and it appearing that Judicial Code, Section 274d, 49 Statutes at Large 1027, Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 400, withholds from the jurisdiction of Federal Courts the right to entertain a declaratory judgment action with respect to Federal taxes,

¶6It is hereby ordered that the decree of the District Court be affirmed.

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