HALL v. C. I. R.

No. 26567.

406 F.2d 706 (1969)

Millard H. HALL and Mettie Burma Hall, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude R. Wilson, Jr., Hawkins Golden, Golden Burrow Potts & Boeckman, Dallas, Tex., for petitioners-appellants.

Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Michael B. Arkin, Jonathan S. Cohen, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Lester R. Uretz, Chief Counsel, I.R.S. Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

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


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this case is whether the taxpayer is entitled, under the depreciation statute, 26 U.S.C.A. § 167, (1964 ed.), to amortize the purchase price of a Texas insurance management contract over a ten year term.

Bankers Life & Loan Company was a Texas mutual assessment insurance company which sold assessment life, health and hospitalization insurance to the public. Such a company is technically a non-profit organization...

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