PENN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Nos. 13689, 13702.

219 F.2d 18 (1955)

Ralph PENN, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent. Albert PENN, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Freeman, Norman Lettvin, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry Marselli, Ellis N. Slack, George F. Lynch, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Charles W. Davis, Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and WALSH, District Judge.


JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated proceedings in volve deficiencies in gift taxes determined for 1946 against petitioner Albert Penn and for 1946 and 1947 against petitioner Ralph Penn. During these years, the taxpayers each made gifts of shares of Penn Electric Switch Company common stock and reported the values thereof per share on their respective gift tax returns for those years. The Commissioner determined that the fair market value of the above...

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