COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. McCANN

No. 48.

146 F.2d 385 (1944)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. McCANN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 21, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Baum, of Washington, D. C., Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key and Robert N. Anderson, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

James H. Hayes, of Washington, D. C. (William W. Nottingham, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondent.

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


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This appeal (petition to review) is from an order of the Tax Court, expunging a deficiency assessed by the Commissioner against a donor as a gift tax for the year 1939. The only question involved is the value of the gift. The taxpayer owned more than two-thirds of what were known as "A" shares of stock in a Delaware corporation, known as McCann-Erickson, Inc. These shares had all the voting rights and were cumulatively preferred in dividends...

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