BURRELL GROVES, INC. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV.

No. 15437.

223 F.2d 526 (1955)

BURRELL GROVES, Inc., v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray F. Sadler, Cyrus A. Neuman, Douglas D. Felix, Miami, Fla., for petitioner.

John J. Kelley, Jr., Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson, Sp. Assts. Atty. Gen., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., D. P. Hertzog, Acting Chief Counsel, John M. Morawski, Sp. Atty., Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D. C.

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


JONES, Circuit Judge.

In 1943, Burrell Groves, Inc., a corporation, herein called the taxpayer, sold a citrus grove and equipment to Eugene J. Burrell and Alice W. Burrell, husband and wife, who owned all of taxpayer's capital stock. The properties sold had a cost basis of $136,311.50. The sale price was $187,590.00. The purchasers paid taxpayer $5,340.00 in cash upon closing and gave their note to taxpayer bearing four per cent interest and payable in equal annual...

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