REILLY OIL CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 13202.

189 F.2d 382 (1951)

REILLY OIL CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 22, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Fonville, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Hilbert P. Zarky, Ellis N. Slack, Helen Goodner, Irving I. Axelrad, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles Oliphant, Chief Counsel, Bernard D. Daniels, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether the organization of petitioner for review in 1940 as a result of proceedings under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S. C.A. 501 et seq., was a tax free reorganization within the terms of Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code. 26 U.S.C.A. § 112. The Tax Court, five judges dissenting, held that the transaction came within the terms of the statute and therefore upheld the Commissioner's determination...

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