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WARD v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 12881.

240 F.2d 184 (1957)

Harold L. WARD and Estate of Virginia Palmer Ward, Deceased, Harold L. Ward, Executor, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 16, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Q. Kullman, New York City, for petitioners.

Helen A. Buckley, Washington, D. C., argued, Charles K. Rice, Lee A. Jackson, Robert N. Anderson, Washington, D. C., on the brief, also on docket are John Potts Barnes and Vernon F. Weakley, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before MARTIN, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, Harold L. Ward, rendered services to a corporation throughout the years 1937-1947 under a contract which provided for payment of compensation contingent upon successful recovery and sale of timber lands in the redwood country of California, the legal title to which had been largely forfeited for non-payment of California property taxes. Under the contract the compensation was to be paid at a time when the corporation was in a financial position...

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