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· 8/17/1948

United States v. Riely

Citations

  • 169 F.2d 542
  • 37 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 207
  • 1948 U.S. App. LEXIS 3847

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  • interpreting the use of a comma and the disjunctive “or” as implying two separate and independent phrases in a Virginia statute authorizing payment of dividends by corporation “out of net earnings, or out of its net assets in excess of its capital”

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Judges: Dobie, Webb, Watkins

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