Legal Opinion

Fullerton v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided May 21, 1954No. Docket No. 38572Published

Trust formed to hold property on behalf of former corporate shareholders pending discharge of mortgage liability thereon held, on facts, not conducting business and hence not taxable as a corporation so as to result in realization of capital gain by beneficiary upon termination of trust.

1Opinion of the Court

George I. Fullerton, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Fullerton v. Commissioner

Docket No. 38572

United States Tax Court

22 T.C. 372; 1954 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 199;

May 21, 1954, Filed. May 21, 1954, Filed

Decision will be entered under Rule 50.

Trust formed to hold property on behalf of former corporate shareholders pending discharge of mortgage liability thereon held, on facts, not conducting business and hence not taxable as a corporation so as to result in realization of capital gain by beneficiary upon termination of trust.

Warren F. Wattles, Esq., for the petitioner.

Stan…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. A. A. Lewis & Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Garrett v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
  4. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Chase Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
  5. Estate of Ferber v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1954

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