BURFORD OIL CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 11484.

153 F.2d 745 (1946)

BURFORD OIL CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. T. Thornton, of Fort Worth, Tex., for petitioner.

Robert N. Anderson, A. F. Prescott, and Lee Jackson, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Sewall Key, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. P. Wenchel, Chief Counsel, Bur. Int. Rev., of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before McCORD, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves deficiencies in income tax for the years 1940 and 1941.

The questions presented and upon which decision must turn are as follows:

(1) Did taxpayer's original and declared value excess profits tax return for 1939, which was signed by only the treasurer of the corporation, constitute a return within the meaning of Section 19.23(m) — 16(d) of Treasury Regulations 103, and Section 52(a) of the Internal...

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