Legal Opinion

Stanton v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided February 14, 1950No. Docket Nos. 18215, 18246Published

A and B were members of a partnership established in 1943 to engage in the business of handling coarse flour on a brokerage basis and the purchase and sale of millfeed. On January 4, 1944, each conveyed the whole of his partnership interest to himself as trustee under a declaration of trust in which a member of his immediate family was named as sole beneficiary.

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A and B were members of a partnership established in 1943 to engage in the business of handling coarse flour on a brokerage basis and the purchase and sale of millfeed. On January 4, 1944, each conveyed the whole of his partnership interest to himself as trustee under a declaration of trust in which a member of his immediate family was named as sole beneficiary. Immediately thereafter A and B, as trustees, together with the other partners, formed a new partnership which continued without interruption the operation of the business in the same manner and under the same name as the prior…

1Opinion of the Court

Lyman A. Stanton and Bertha W. Stanton, Petitioners, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent. Estate of Louis F. Springer, Deceased, Mary E. Springer, Executrix, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Stanton v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 18215, 18246

United States Tax Court

14 T.C. 217; 1950 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 278;

February 14, 1950, Promulgated

Decision will be entered under Rule 50.

A and B were members of a partnership established in 1943 to engage in the business of handling coarse flour on a brokerage basis and the purchase and sale of millfeed. On January 4, 1944,…

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