VAN DER ELST v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 25, Docket 23037.

223 F.2d 771 (1955)

Joseph VAN DER ELST, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay O. Kramer, New York City, for petitioner, Adolphus G. Redley, New York City, of counsel.

H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack and Karl Schmeidler, Special Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before HAND, SWAN and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the petitioner's income tax for the year 1946. Under the provisions of section 211(b), as amended, of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 211(b), the petitioner, Baron Van Der Elst, has been taxed as a nonresident alien engaged in trade or business in the United States during the first six months of 1946. He contends (1) that he was not so engaged, and (2) that in any event he was not subject to tax on capital gains...

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