MASSEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 11395.

226 F.2d 724 (1955)

Peter J. MASSEY and Elizabeth Massey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

October 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., David O. Walter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Ellis N. Slack, Melva M. Graney, Special Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Charles J. Merriam, Robert J. Downing, Peter J. Brennan, Jr., Chicago, Ill., (Merriam & Lorch, Mitchell & Conway, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellees.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and FINNEGAN and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Chief Judge.

In this action taxpayers are seeking a refund of income taxes paid for the years 1948, 1949 and 1950 on royalties received by Peter J. Massey in connection with certain patents which had been issued to him. Whether taxpayers should recover the claimed refunds depends upon whether the royalties should be treated as long-term capital gains from the sale of capital assets or whether such royalties were ordinary income.

Taxpayers filed a joint...

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