BENJAMIN v. HOEY

No. 87.

139 F.2d 945 (1944)

BENJAMIN et al. v. HOEY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 6, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wellman, Smyth, Lowenstein & Fennelly, of New York City (Melvyn Gordon Lowenstein and F. Van Siclen Parr, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

James B. McNally, of New York City (William L. Lynch, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether 38% of the commissions paid by Benjamin to his firm and which the firm repaid to him constitutes part of his income. The argument that it is not runs thus: The moneys Benjamin paid for commissions were capital outlays. If, without partners, he had conducted the brokerage business, he would have paid the entire amount of those commissions to himself and no one would then have thought of saying that those payments constituted...

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