ESTATE OF SMITH v. COMMISSIONER

Docket Nos. 20717, 40880, 50705.

23 T.C. 690 (1955)

ESTATE OF C. A. SMITH, DECEASED, C. A. SMITH, JR., AND LULA T. SMITH, EXECUTORS, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed January 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Herndon, Esq., and Richard G. Herndon, Esq., for the petitioners.

George J. Rabil, Esq., for the respondent.


This proceeding presents two questions: Whether the gains realized by petitioners from the sales of certain registered Hereford cattle during the taxable years 1944 through 1950 are taxable as ordinary income or as long-term capital gains, and the determination of the proper construction of section 29.22 (a)-7 of Regulations 111 which specifies the methods for determining farm income. The latter question involves only the years 1948, 1949, and 1950.

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