FIRST NAT. BANK v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 7956.

107 F.2d 141 (1939)

FIRST NAT. BANK et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

November 8, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. E. Hagler, of Memphis, Tenn., for petitioners.

Warren F. Wattles, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (James W. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a deficiency in income taxes for the calendar year 1929 found by the Board of Tax Appeals to be due from the estate of R. R. Ellis. The applicable statute is the Revenue Act of 1928, Section 22, Ch. 852, 45 Stat. 791, 797, 26 U.S.C.A. § 22, which provides, among other things, that "gross income" includes gains in whatever form paid from dealings in property.

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