C. I. R. v. KILLIAN

No. 19386.

314 F.2d 852 (1963)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. Maurice L. KILLIAN, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., John B. Jones, Jr., Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Melva M. Graney, David O. Walters, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Crane C. Hauser, Chief Counsel, John M. Morawski, Atty., I. R. S., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Lucius A. Buck, Horace R. Drew, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Maurice L. Killian, Orlando, Fla., for respondent.

Before JONES and BELL, Circuit Judges and CARSWELL, District Judge.


CARSWELL, District Judge.

The sole issue for review here is whether $12,500 received by the taxpayer in connection with an agreement of sale and dissolution of a partnership engaged in the insurance business should be taxed as capital gain or as ordinary income.

Upon a full record, the Tax Court entered its findings and concluded that what was sold in this instance was a capital asset under Title 26 United States Code § 1221.

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