STARKE v. C.I.R.

No. 17337.

312 F.2d 608 (1963)

W. E. STARKE and Cecilia G. Starke, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Austin and Wendell H. Davis, Los Angeles, Cal., William E. Starke, San Diego, Cal., for petitioners.

John B. Jones, Jr., Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, A. F. Prescott, and Carolyn R. Just, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before CHAMBERS, MERRILL and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

W. E. Starke1 is a San Diego lawyer who has been in private practice since 1937 when he left public employment. About 1931, while he was a redemption clerk in the county auditor's office, he began buying street bonds.2 Many of the bonds went into default, and as a consequence, he acquired specific vacant San Diego lots. Also, he acquired other lot titles through tax deeds. There is...

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