TRAFFORD OIL & GAS CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 5683.

78 F.2d 814 (1935)

TRAFFORD OIL & GAS CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

June 21, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Hutchinson and Sherriff, Lindsay, Weis & Hutchinson, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Lucius A. Buck and Sewall Key, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

While the record in this income tax appeal is large and the facts involved, yet in the final analysis the case resolves itself into a narrow question. The controlling stockholders of the Trafford Oil & Gas Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, the appellant taxpayer, desired to sell certain of its assets. To effectuate such purpose, three of its directors, Wynn, Starr, and Carson, who were large stockholders, but who had no authorization...

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