Dodge v. Brady

Citations

• 240 U.S. 122
• 36 S. Ct. 277
• 60 L. Ed. 560
• 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1434
• 3 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 2938
• 1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) 7

Syllabus

<p>Under the exceptional conditions of. this case, while there may have been ground for the District Court dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction, as there was a basis for taking jurisdiction and- the decision was clearly right on the merits, this court does not reverse, but affirms the judgment which put an end to an absolutely useless controversy.</p> <p>Brushaber v. Union Pac, R. R. Co., ante, p. 1, followed to effect that the-Income Tax Law of 1913 is not unconstitutional in any of the respects involved in that or this action.</p>