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Get Thee To A Nunnery

Get Thee To A Nunnery

It is a fascinating story. The government was seeking to foreclose federal tax liens and a judgement lien against parcels of real estate located at 65 and 69 Tompkins Street Pittston PA to collect tax judgements they had obtained against Mr. Kistler.  Mr. Kistler had a plentitude of objections and counterclaims for Judge Munley to mull over.  The parcels add an interesting element to the story.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.