BURNS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 5521.

31 F.2d 399 (1929)

BURNS et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 18, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Jeffery and Joseph F. Murray, both of New York City, for petitioners.

Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Randolph C. Shaw and J. Louis Monarch, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Colden C. Miller, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.


GRUBB, District Judge.

These are consolidated appeals from three separate orders of the Board of Tax Appeals redetermining deficiency in income taxes for the year of 1920 against the petitioners. The amounts differ, but the questions of law are the same. The Commissioner increased the item of compensation in the aggregate for the three petitioners in the amount of $58,984.34, apportioning one-third to each petitioner. The petitioners contend that their compensation...

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