DRYSDALE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 12596.

232 F.2d 633 (1956)

Robert M. DRYSDALE, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin S. Huffaker and Pell Hollingshead, Detroit, Mich., for petitioner.

Charles K. Rice, John Potts Barnes, Ellis N. Slack, John M. Morawski and Grant W. Wiprud, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal was heard upon the record, briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties;

And the Court being of the opinion that certain legal fees, payment of which was made to the taxpayer subsequent to July 1, 1947, the effective date of the Michigan Community Property Act, Comp.Laws 1948, § 557.201 et seq., under a contingent fee contract, was "property * * * owned by him" before the effective date of the Act within the meaning...

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