LAGUNA ROYALTY COMPANY v. C. I. R.

No. 26291.

406 F.2d 703 (1969)

LAGUNA ROYALTY COMPANY (Successor by merger to Lydia Oil Company), Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrin W. Johnson, Johnson & Davis, Harlingen, Tex., Richard D. Davis, Harlingen, Tex., of counsel, for petitioner.

Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Gilbert E. Andrews, Jr., Stanley I. Ruby, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Lester R. Uretz, Chief Counsel, I. R. S., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before TUTTLE and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The question presented by this appeal is whether the Tax Court correctly decided that, in the case of oil and gas producing properties, "lifting costs," which constitute a portion of the cost of producing oil and gas, are to be subtracted from gross sales in computing gross income for the purpose of determining whether personal holding company income, as defined in Section 543 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, is at least eighty percent of the corporation...

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