Greiner v. Lewellyn, 258 U.S. 384 (1922)

Name: Greiner v. Lewellyn, 258 U.S. 384 (1922) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Greiner v. Lewellyn

No. 187

Argued March 22, 1922
Decided April 10, 1922
258 U.S. 384

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Syllabus

In imposing a tax on the transfer of an estate by death, Congress has power to require that state municipal bonds forming part of the estate be included in determining its net value, by which the tax is measured. Act of September 8, 1916, c. 463, 39 Stat. 756. P. 387.

Affirmed.

Error to a judgment of the district court for the defendant in an action to recover taxes alleged to have been illegally collected.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Greiner v. Lewellyn, 258 U.S. 384 (1922) in 258 U.S. 384 258 U.S. 386. Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7VKYULB3CLSCZ3C.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Greiner v. Lewellyn, 258 U.S. 384 (1922), in 258 U.S. 384, page 258 U.S. 386. Original Sources. 17 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7VKYULB3CLSCZ3C.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Greiner v. Lewellyn, 258 U.S. 384 (1922). cited in 1922, 258 U.S. 384, pp.258 U.S. 386. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7VKYULB3CLSCZ3C.

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