CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 53 C 1375.

143 F.Supp. 652 (1956)

CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTING CO., Inc. v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

May 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Wiles, Chicago, Ill., for Continental Distributing Co.

Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for United States.


LA BUY, District Judge.

This is an action by the plaintiff taxpayer to recover the sum of $22,312.28 being overpayment of income tax for the year 1949 based upon proceeds from the sale of whiskey warehouse receipts. The issue involved is whether the tax on the profit from such sale was to be on the basis of a long-term capital gain equalling $86,496.45, or on the basis of ordinary income amounting to $108,808.73, which amount was paid by the taxpayer on the allegedly...

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