KEITH v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 75.

139 F.2d 596 (1944)

KEITH v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 5, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Mahler, of New York City, for petitioner.

Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and John F. Costelloe, Sewall Key, Helen R. Carloss, and Carolyn E. Agger, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The taxpayer was the owner of two participating insurance policies in the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The dividends paid thereon could either be withdrawn or applied to the reduction of the premiums due. On or about August 4, 1939, the taxpayer owed the insurance company $18,844.33 which he had borrowed against the security of his policies. On that date he executed two applications for loans totalling $1,862.27 and the company...

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