KNETSCH v. UNITED STATES

No. 16356.

272 F.2d 200 (1959)

Karl F. KNETSCH and Eva Fay Knetsch, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLane & McLane, W. Lee McLane, Jr., Nola Lane, John Jay Schwartz, Thaddeus Rojek, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants.

Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Grant W. Wiprud, Harry Baum, Lee A. Jackson, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Robert H. Wyshak, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges, and LINDBERG, District Judge.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

On December 11, 1953, the taxpayers purchased ten single premium annuity bonds from the Sam Houston Life Insurance Company. The purchase price of $4,004,000 was paid by a note for $4,000,000 and $4,000 in cash. The note was without recourse, and was secured by the annuity bonds. Interest on the note at three and one-half percent per annum, amounting to $140,000 was paid in cash. On December 16, $99,000 was sent to the taxpayers by Sam Houston...

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