FAHS v. CRAWFORD

No. 11664.

161 F.2d 315 (1947)

FAHS v. CRAWFORD et ux.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Reynolds, Jr., Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Herbert S. Phillips, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., and Edith House, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant

Harry T. Gray and Philip S. May, both of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY and LEE, Circuit Judges, and STRUM, District Judge.


STRUM, District Judge.

The problem here is whether certain profits accruing to the taxpayer during the years 1940 and 1941 should be taxed as ordinary income, as defined in 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev. Code, § 22, or as gains from the sale of capital assets, as defined in 26 U.S.C.A. Int. Rev.Code, § 117. Contending that the profits arose from the sale of capital assets, the taxpayer declared and paid on that basis. The Collector, insisting that the profits accrued...

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