MANSFIELD JOURNAL COMPANY v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 60276.

31 T.C. 902 (1959)

MANSFIELD JOURNAL COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed January 29, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Kane, Esq., and Morris Berick, Esq., for the petitioner.

Frank W. Hardy, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined deficiencies in income tax for the taxable years 1951 and 1952 in the amounts of $41,041.72 and $13,930.69, respectively. The question is whether payments received in the taxable years from petitioner's assignees of contract rights to purchase newsprint paper from a paper mill constitute ordinary income or capital gain.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

The petitioner is an Ohio corporation having its principal place of business in Mansfield...

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