COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BONWIT

No. 221.

87 F.2d 764 (1937)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BONWIT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 8, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key and S. Dee Hanson, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Arthur B. Hyman, of New York City, for respondent.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

In the year 1928 Bonwit Teller & Co., hereinafter referred to as the corporation, paid premiums of $46,434.90 upon policies of insurance issued on the life of Paul J. Bonwit, the taxpayer whose income tax for that year is in litigation. This appeal presents the question whether certain of the premiums so paid by the corporation constituted taxable income to the respondent.

The policies fall into three groups. One group consists of...

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