JENSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1514.

511 F.2d 265 (1975)

Marvin E. JENSEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel C. Perri, Atty., Meyer Rothwacks, Chief, Appellate Sec., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Kendell W. Wherry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Elmer J. Kelsey, Donald H. Olson, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant.

Marvin E. Jensen, Margaret F. Jensen, pro se.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this refund suit Marvin Jensen seeks to recover $1,400 in income taxes he allegedly overpaid for 1968, 1969, and 1970. The controversy turns on whether payments made by Graybar Electric Company to the estate of its deceased employee, Mrs. Marguerite Jensen, wife of the complainant, on the redemption of Graybar stock held by her estate, constitute taxable income or nontaxable gifts.

Mrs. Jensen had been employed for Graybar for twenty...

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