WHITE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 12338.

172 F.2d 629 (1949)

WHITE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy G. Denman, Jr., and Leroy G. Denman, both of San Antonio, Tex., for petitioners.

Helen Goodner, Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson, and L. W. Post, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Theron L. Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Chas. Oliphant, Chief Counsel, and J. W. Smith, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Were the profits in this case ordinary income or capital gains? This is the question that was before the Tax Court, which sustained the Commissioner's determination that the profits realized were derived in the ordinary course of business, and were not capital gains under Section 117 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 117.

The taxpayers are husband and wife, residents of San Antonio, Texas, and filed separate tax returns...

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