BYRAM v. C. I. R.

No. 75-3960.

555 F.2d 1234 (1977)

John D. BYRAM and Sally A. Byram, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Chamberlain, George A. Hrdlicka, Houston, Tex., for petitioners-appellants.

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gilbert E. Andrews, Act. Chief, Appellate Sect., Elmer J. Kelsey, Gilbert S. Rothenberg, Carleton D. Powell, Attys., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Meade Whitaker, Chief Counsel, I.R.S., Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants-taxpayers appeal the Tax Court's determination that they improperly allocated the entire cost basis of a tract of land to a portion of the tract which they sold. We affirm.

The facts are stipulated. On February 3, 1967, appellant obtained an option to purchase 3.808 acres in an industrial park in Houston, Texas. On February 16, appellant and National Cash Register (NCR) entered into an agreement under which NCR agreed to...

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