Korner was one of the original twelve members appointed to the Board of Tax Appeals, and one of a group of five appointed "from the Bureau of Internal Revenue".[4] Korner was "an intimate personal friend of David H. Blair", who was Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the time of Korner's appointment.[5] During Korner's service as chairman of the board, Albert E. James and Adolphus E. Graupner were the only members not reappointed to the Board when their initial terms expired, reportedly "because of their differences of opinion with [Korner], concerning 'administrative matters'".[6]
Korner married Susan Leonard Brown died in October 1917, with whom he had one son, Jules G. Korner III, who also served as a U.S. tax court judge. Korner died in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the age of 78.[1]
References
^ abWilliam G. Scroggins, Leaves of a Stunted Shrub: A Genealogy of the Scrogin-Scroggin-Scroggins Family, Vol. 4 (2009), p. 59.
^ ab"Newly Appointed Tax Board To Be Organized At Once", The Baltimore Sun (July 4, 1924), p. 6.
^"Thirteen Members of Board of Tax Appeals Reappointed", National Income Tax Magazine (June 1926), vol. 4, no. 6, p. 206-210.