COCHRAN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 9386.

163 F.2d 153 (1947)

COCHRAN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1947.

Rehearing Denied August 19, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse Garwood, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Shippen Lewis and MacCoy, Brittain, Evans & Lewis, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner.

Louise Foster, of Washington, D. C. (Sewall Key, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and George A. Stinson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

Before McLAUGHLIN and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges, and LEAHY, District Judge.


O'CONNELL, Circuit Judge.

In 1925, petitioner inherited real estate valued at $67,000 in the decedent's estate tax return. In 1927, she sold the property. The sale price was $97,500, of which $27,500 was paid in cash and the remaining $70,000 was covered by a purchase money bond and mortgage bearing 6% interest. She did not report the taxable gain in either her 1927 or any subsequent income tax return.

In 1932, on the due date of the mortgage, the purchaser...

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