THORNLEY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 8548.

147 F.2d 416 (1945)

THORNLEY et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick E. S. Morrison, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Calvin H. Rankin and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioners.

Robert Koerner, of Washington, D. C. (Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key and A. F. Prescott, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

Before GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges, and KALODNER, District Judge.


KALODNER, District Judge.

This is a petition to review the decision of the Tax Court. It involves a deficiency in income taxes for the year 1937. The petitioner was a member of a co-partnership trading as N. W. Ayer & Son, an advertising agency. On January 1, 1927, he held a 10% interest in the partnership. On May 1, 1929, the business and assets of the partnership were transferred to a corporation, N. W. Ayer & Son, Incorporated, pursuant to a contract between...

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