SUN PROPERTIES v. UNITED STATES

No. 15052.

220 F.2d 171 (1955)

SUN PROPERTIES, Inc., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. Kniskern, Jr., and Douglas D. Felix, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Louise Foster and Ellis N. Slack, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., E. David Rosen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Carolyn R. Just, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

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


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The sole question here is whether the district court erred in holding that the conveyance of a warehouse property to the taxpayer corporation by its sole stockholder, in form a sale, was in substance a contribution to capital. We deem it appropriate here to set forth verbatim the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the district court, 54-2 U. S. Tax Cases ¶ 9528:

"1. The Court has jurisdiction of the parties and subject matter...

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