WEAGANT v. BOWERS


49 F.2d 934 (1930)

WEAGANT v. BOWERS, Collector of Internal Revenue.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 13, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Humphreys & Gwinn, Adrian C. Humphreys, and Robt. N. Anderson, all of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Leon E. Spencer, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge.

The question presented is whether the sums of $33,333.33 and $16,666.66 received by the plaintiff in 1917 and 1919 were taxable income or were gifts. He was an inventor employed by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company from 1914 until 1920 under an agreement whereby the company became entitled to all his inventions and discoveries made during the time of his employment. In 1917 he invented certain improvements in radio apparatus...

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