# Hamilton v. Commissioner

> United States Tax Court · November 14, 1949 · 13 T.C. 747

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4474836

## Case

- **Full name:** Rebecca S. Hamilton v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Julian Chaqueneau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- **Court:** United States Tax Court
- **Decided:** November 14, 1949
- **Citations:** 13 T.C. 747; 1949 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 41
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Murdock
- **Judges:** Arundell,Opper
- **Cited by:** 14 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Modified by Mindell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 200 F.2d 38 (1952).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4474836

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the 150-day rule is applicable to a foreign resident who is outside the United States when the notice is mailed and delivered

## Opinion text

Murdock, /., dissenting: Congress, in enacting the last sentence of section 272 (a) (1), applicable to notices of deficiency mailed after October 21, 1942, must have bad in mind either one of two things. One, a notice correctly addressed to a person whose last known address chargeable to the Commissioner was outside the United States, or, two, a notice correctly addressed to a last known address in the United States where the person addressed was outside. The last known addresses of the petitioners in this case were inside the United States, and, if the first alternative is what Congress intended, then neither is entitled to the longer time, whereas, if the second alternative is what Congress intended, then Both are entitled to the longer time. So whichever alternative is correct, the prevailing opinion is incorrect.
ARUNdell and Opper, agree with this dissent.

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