# Prince v. United States

> United States Court of Claims · March 2, 1954 · 119 F. Supp. 421

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9725913

## Case

- **Full name:** Prince v. United States
- **Court:** United States Court of Claims
- **Decided:** March 2, 1954
- **Citations:** 119 F. Supp. 421; 127 Ct. Cl. 612
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Whitaker
- **Judges:** Jones, Littleton, Whitaker, Madden, Little-Ton
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

WHITAKER, Judge
(dissenting).
It seems to me plaintiff chose a course which he must have known would deprive him of the tax exemption he now claims. If he did not know this course would have this result, his ignorance, according to a familiar maxim, does not excuse him. His motive was no doubt a patriotic one, but I think he must abide by the consequences of what he did.

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