SALOME v. UNITED STATES

No. 25388.

395 F.2d 990 (1968)

James, Jr. and Glenna SALOME, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Towner Leeper, El Paso, Tex., for appellants.

Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Lee A. Jackson, David O. Walter, Jeanine Jacobs, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Wash., D. C., Ernest Morgan, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Meyer Rothwacks, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee; Harry Lee Hudspeth, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.

Before THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In 1961 taxpayers purchased a fire, casualty, and automobile insurance agency. The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the insurance renewals for which the parties to the purchase and sale allocated $11,775 of the price are amortizable assets. In holding for the Commissioner on motion for summary judgment, the district court answered this question in the negative.

To qualify intangible property for amortization, taxpayers had the burden...

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