ROFF v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 13873.

304 F.2d 450 (1962)

Harry ROFF and Marcia Roff, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Miller, Newark, N. J., for petitioners.

Charles B. E. Freeman, Washington, D. C. (Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson and Gilbert E. Andrews, Jr., Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before McLAUGHLIN, STALEY and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Taxpayer in good faith sold to a third party two annuity contracts shortly before their maturity. He contends that the excess of sales price over net cost should be taxed at capital gains rates. The Tax Court, in an excellent opinion by Judge Bruce, upheld the Commissioner's finding that the sales resulted in ordinary income to the petitioner. We must agree.

Admittedly petitioner's gain arises from the fixed interest on the annuities. He would...

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