WATSON v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 78027.

35 T.C. 203 (1960)

MALCOLM J. WATSON AND FRANCES B. WATSON, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed October 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon L. Rice, Jr., Esq., for the petitioners.

Richard C. Forman, Esq., for the respondent.


TRAIN, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency of $412.36 in the petitioners' income tax for the calendar year 1956. The question presented is whether gain realized upon the receipt of a payment made under a contract providing for the sale of a public accounting practice is capital gain or ordinary income.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

Some of the facts are stipulated and are hereby found as stipulated.

Petitioners are individuals, husband and...

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