1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 31 F.2d
  5. 31 F.2d 667 (1929)
 

BURKETT v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 343.

31 F.2d 667 (1929)

BURKETT v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 20, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Meek, of Little Rock, Ark. (C. H. Moses and J. W. House, both of Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for petitioner.

Morton P. Fisher, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sewall Key, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and J. Arthur Adams, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before STONE and KENYON, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to review an order of the Board of Tax Appeals, sustaining the action of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in a proceeding before the board for the redetermination of a deficiency in the income tax of petitioner for the year 1923.

The controversy arises over an item of $175,000, paid to petitioner for an oil and gas lease on 1,000 acres of land located in Ouachita county, Arkansas. The record title of 880 acres of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases