ALWORTH-WASHBURN CO. v. HELVERING

No. 5858.

67 F.2d 694 (1933)

ALWORTH-WASHBURN CO. v. HELVERING, Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided November 6, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Shorb and M. P. Wormhoudt, both of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

G. A. Youngquist, Sewall Key, John MacC. Hudson, C. M. Charest, E. Barrett Prettyman, and A. H. Fast, all of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


GRONER, Associate Justice.

Petitioner is a Minnesota corporation. It was in process of liquidation and in 1926 sold all of its remaining assets for a little less than $600,000. The cash received did not exceed one-fourth of the total purchase price. It therefore elected to report the income from the transaction on the installment basis, and this was accepted by the Commissioner.

The applicable statute is section 212 (d) of the Revenue Act of 1926 (44 Stat...

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