ESTATE OF MIXON v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-2666.

464 F.2d 394 (1972)

ESTATE of Travis MIXON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira De Ment, U. S. Atty., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Gilbert Andrews, Daniel B. Rosenbaum, Harry Baum, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant.

Griffith Pitcher, William Bew White, Jr., James William Lewis, James W. Gewin, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee; Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

The frequently litigated issue of whether funds supplied to a business are, in substance, debt or equity and consequently whether reimbursement is to be considered for federal income tax purposes as a loan repayment or a dividend distribution arises once again in the instant case.1 The instant appeal involves federal income taxes, penalties, and interest for the year 1963 in the amount of $126,964.54. After an...

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