WHITNEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 42640.

15 F.Supp. 76 (1936)

WHITNEY et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

June 1, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will R. Gregg and John W. Fisher, both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Guy Patten, of Washington, D. C., and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHALEY, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

The provisions of the Revenue Act of 1921, as amended by the act of March 4, 1923, and the Revenue Act of 1926, relating to the question presented in this case, are set forth in the footnote.1

When the decedent acquired the stock of the Mammoth Oil Company in 1922, he became the owner of property which, at that time, was worth $1,905,913.17 more than the cost to him...

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