JONES v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 13348.

209 F.2d 415 (1954)

JONES et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 12, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston D. Orem, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Charles S. Lyon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, A. F. Prescott, Joseph F. Goetten, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Mason B. Leming, Acting Chief Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Fred Youngman, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Jones and his wife, hereafter Jones, seek a review of a decision of the Tax Court taxing as ordinary income the proceeds of the sale of four parcels of property sold by Jones, contending the Tax Court erred in not taxing the sale proceeds as income from investment held over six months. I.R.C. § 117(b), 26 U.S.C.A. Mrs. Jones was not a participant in any of the acts involved in the four properties nor a witness in the Tax Court's hearings...

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