WILSON v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 14908.

219 F.2d 126 (1955)

Sam E. WILSON, Jr., and wife, Ada Rogers Wilson, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Payne, Ralph B. Shank, Shank, Dedman & Payne, Dallas, Tex., of counsel, for petitioners.

Meyer Rothwacks, Special Asst. to Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Hilbert P. Zarky, Assts. to Atty. Gen., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel A. Taylor, Chief Counsel Int. Rev. Serv., William D. Crampton, Special Atty. Int. Rev. Serv., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The issue here presented for our consideration is whether the Tax Court erred in holding that the forgiveness by a corporation of a debt owed by a stockholder, owning virtually all of its stock, resulted in the taxpayers' realizing ordinary income, as the Commissioner contends, or is gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset if, as the taxpayers contend, they had previously entered into a contract for sale of their stock for a price...

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