HORMEL v. HELVERING

No. 257.

312 U.S. 552 (1941)

HORMEL v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George M. Wolfson and R.C. Alderson for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Clark, with whom Solicitor General Biddle and Messrs. Sewall Key, L.W. Post, and William L. Cary were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue assessed a deficiency against petitioner for failure to include in his 1934 and 1935 tax returns the income of three separate trusts declared by him in 1934. Each of the declarations of trust recited that the beneficiaries were "Jay C. Hormel [petitioner himself], and Germaine D. Hormel, his wife, as guardian for their son," a different son being designated by each trust instrument...

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