BURRELL v. FAHS

No. 15807.

232 F.2d 163 (1956)

Eugene J. BURRELL and Alice W. Burrell, Appellants, v. John L. FAHS, United States Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Florida, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyrus A. Neuman, Douglas D. Felix, Miami, Fla., for appellants.

George F. Lynch, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Chief, Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., Edith House, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Lee A. Jackson, A. F. Prescott, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, husband and wife, who will herein be called the taxpayers, owned and operated a citrus grove and the equipment required in the operation of it. The grove and equipment were sold on July 2, 1945, for $299,000. The sales price exceeded the adjusted cost basis by $129,551, as was shown by a partnership income tax return filed by the taxpayers. They reported this excess of sales price over cost in their Federal income tax returns...

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