HELVERING v. LEONARD

No. 34.

105 F.2d 900 (1939)

HELVERING, Com'r of Internal Revenue, v. LEONARD. LEONARD v. HELVERING, Com'r of Internal Revenue.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 30, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Donald Duncan, of New York City, for Leonard.

James W. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key, and L. W. Post, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for Helvering, Commissioner.

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


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This case comes up upon appeals by the Commissioner and the taxpayer from an order of the Board of Tax Appeals, assessing a deficiency against the taxpayer for the year 1929. The facts are as follows: On December 27, 1928, the wife of Leonard, the taxpayer, who was already living apart from him, began a suit for divorce against him in New York. While this was pending, the spouses executed two instruments, a deed of trust and a separation agreement...

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