DOBSON v. COMMISSIONER

NO. 44.

321 U.S. 231 (1944)

DOBSON v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 14, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Leland W. Scott and William L. Prosser for petitioners.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petition for rehearing in two of the four cases decided together on December 20, 1943 states that these contained an issue not present and not considered in the main case. In these two cases the Tax Court held that recoveries by these taxpayers in 1939 did constitute taxable income. It held, also, that the recovery was taxable as ordinary income, despite taxpayer's contention that it should be taxed as capital...

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