UNITED STATES v. SHAPIRO

No. 13990.

178 F.2d 459 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. SHAPIRO.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Marselli, Special Assistant to the Attorney General (Theron Lamar Caudle, Assistant Attorney General, Ellis N. Slack and Hilbert P. Zarky, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, John W. Graff, United States Attorney, and William P. Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney, St. Paul, Minn., were on the brief) for Appellant.

H. Z. Mendow, Minneapolis, Minn., submitted brief for Appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision is whether, under the tax laws of the United States, an interest in a partnership is a capital asset, gain on the transfer of which is to be taxed as capital gain, even though the partnership assets include noncapital assets. The appeal is from a judgment in favor of the taxpayer (appellee) in an action to recover an alleged overpayment of income and defense taxes for the year 1940.

The facts are not in dispute...

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