UNITED STATES v. WERNENTIN

Nos. 17633, 17688.

354 F.2d 757 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Fred C. WERNENTIN, Esther Wernentin, Robert J. Jester and Bobbette Jester, Appellees. Fred C. WERNENTIN, Esther Wernentin, Robert L. Jester and Bobbette Jester, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Owen, Washington, Iowa, for Fred C. Wernentin and others.

David I. Granger, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States with Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Lee A. Jackson, Harry Baum, Attys., Tax Div., Washington, D. C., and Donald A. Wine, U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa.

Before VOGEL and BLACKMUN, Circuit Judges, and REGISTER, District Judge.


BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

At issue here is the character — as long-term capital gain or as ordinary income — of a partnership's net receipts under certain Dairy Queen contracts during the calendar years 1951-1953, inclusive.

The taxpayers are Fred C. Wernentin and his wife Esther and Robert L. Jester and his wife Bobbette. The partnership, known as Wernentin and Jester, was originally one between the two men but on January 1, 1952, was expanded...

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