VAIRA v. C. I. R.

No. 19,112.

444 F.2d 770 (1971)

Peter VAIRA and Mary L. Vaira, Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Vaira, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

William K. Hogan, Dept. of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D. C. (Johnnie M. Walters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Bennet N. Hollander, Attys., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief) for appellee.

Before FORMAN, SEITZ and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the United States Tax Court, 52 T.C. 986, which found income tax deficiencies for the years 1959 and 1962. Presented here are questions relating to (1) the cost basis of real estate devised to taxpayer by his father, (2) a condemnation award to taxpayer from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which, he insists, included severance damages, and (3...

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