HERKNESS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 50606.

14 T.C.M. 1040 (1955)

T.C. Memo. 1955-262

Lindsay C. Herkness and Carlota L. Herkness v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed September 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logan Morris, Esq., for the petitioners. Stephen P. Cadden, Esq., for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

Respondent has determined a deficiency in the income tax of petitioners for the calendar year 1949 in the amount of $721,053.10. The sole issue for determination is whether the sum of $1,308,450 received by one of the petitioners in 1949 constituted the price paid for shares of stock in a corporation, as contended by petitioners, or consideration paid for the release of an employment contract, as determined by respondent....

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