BARBER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 14980, 14981.

215 F.2d 663 (1954)

Max H. BARBER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. William L. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josiah E. Brill, Minneapolis, Minn. (Robert C. Morton, Duluth, Minn., and John M. Gannon, St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellants.

Louise Foster, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., George E. MacKinnon, U. S. Atty., and Alex Dim, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Two taxpayers, as partners, made a profit, during the calendar year 1946, on the sale of a capital asset. Each returned his share of the profit, for income-tax purposes, as a long-term capital gain. The Commissioner assessed a deficiency against each, on the ground that the profit had constituted a short-term capital gain only.1

Each paid the tax deficiency and thereafter sued, under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346...

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