DENNIS v. C.I.R.

No. 72-1813.

473 F.2d 274 (1973)

Clement O. DENNIS and Genia Lee Dennis, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Burnham, Louis Regenstein, Atlanta, Ga., Charles M. Cork, Macon, Ga., for petitioners-appellants.

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Lee H. Henkel, Jr., Acting Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Raymond W. Sifly, John A. Townsend, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before RIVES, THORNBERRY and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the United States Tax Court holding that collections upon a corporate note received by taxpayer-appellant in a transaction made nontaxable by Section 351 of the 1954 Code must be reported as ordinary income in the year of receipt. We hold, in affirming the Tax Court, that its factual findings are not clearly erroneous and that taxpayer was not entitled to capital gain treatment on the amounts collected...

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