HIGGINSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 46076.

81 F.Supp. 254 (1948)

HIGGINSON v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

December 6, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott P. Crampton, of Washington, D. C. (Geo. E. H. Goodner, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

John A. Rees, of Washington, D. C., and Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert N. Anderson and Andrew D. Sharpe, both of Washington, D. C. on the brief), for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN, and HOWELL, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

The first question presented is whether distributions by a corporation in payment of accumulated dividends on its preferred stock in the years 1937 to 1940, inclusive, to the extent that they represented distributions out of appreciation in value of property existing on March 1, 1913, and realized thereafter, were exempt from income tax, as claimed by plaintiff, or were taxable to the extent that they exceeded the basis of the stock, as claimed by...

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