JONES v. GRINNELL

No. 3900.

179 F.2d 873 (1950)

JONES v. GRINNELL

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

February 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carleton Fox (Theron Lamar Caudle, Assistant Attorney General, Ellis N. Slack, A. F. Prescott, Virginia H. Adams, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, and Robert E. Shelton, United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, Okl., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

Luther Bohanon, Oklahoma City, Okl. (John E. Marshall and Lynn Adams, Oklahoma City, Okl., were with him on the brief) for appellee.

Before BRATTON, HUXMAN and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether for purposes of liability for income tax the sale of certain property was that of a corporation or of individuals who were its stockholders.

Section 22(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 22(a), defines gross income to include among other things gains, profits, and income derived from sales or dealings in property. Section 311, 26 U.S. C.A. § 311, provides in substance that a transferee of...

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