BALLENGER v. UNITED STATES

No. 8423.

301 F.2d 192 (1962)

Charles P. BALLENGER, Jr., and Myrtle S. Ballenger, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Thomas Wyche, Greenville, S. C. (Wyche, Burgess & Wyche, Greenville, S. C., on the brief), for appellants.

Carolyn R. Just, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson and Loring W. Post, Attys., Dept. of Justice, and Joseph E. Hines, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and BELL, Circuit Judges.


J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court denying a refund of income taxes in the amount of $14,655.03 plus interest for the year 1954. The explanation given for the deficiency assessment was that the redemption of all of the outstanding preferred stock of the corporation, which was owned by the taxpayers, who are husband and wife, was essentially equivalent to a dividend and, was not, therefore, entitled to capital gains...

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