RUARK v. C. I. R.

No. 24913.

449 F.2d 311 (1971)

Mary RUARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Trethewey (argued), of Trethewey, Brink & Wilson, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner-appellant.

Carleton D. Powell (argued), Lee A. Jackson, Joseph M. Howard, Stephen Schwarz, Dept. of Justice, Johnnie Walters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., K. Martin Worthy, Chief Counsel of IRS, Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee.

Before KOELSCH and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and POWELL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Taxpayer, Mary Ruark, appeals from a judgment of the Tax Court holding her liable for tax deficiencies and additions assessed under the civil fraud provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 6653(b). The pertinent facts are not in dispute. From a rather modest beginning and equipped only with an eighth grade education taxpayer has spent most of her life working at various unskilled jobs; three marriages have contributed little to her economic well-being. In 1959 taxpayer...

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