COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. OSTLER

No. 14984.

237 F.2d 501 (1956)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. William G. OSTLER, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Robert N. Anderson, Joseph F. Goetten, Walter R. Gelles, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

William G. Ostler in pro. per.

Before HEALY, POPE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The Commissioner seeks review of a decision of the Tax Court holding that there was no deficiency in respondent's income tax for 1950.

In that year, Frances S. Ostler, then the taxpayer's wife, obtained from him in a California court an interlocutory decree of divorce. The decree became final in 1951. Taxpayer and Frances filed a joint income tax return for 1950.

The Commissioner determined a deficiency on the ground that §...

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