Legal Opinion

Kraft Foods Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided January 25, 1954No. Docket Nos. 4160, 5574Published

1. National Dairy, in a lump-sum purchase, acquired the assets and business of Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation, an Illinois corporation paying therefor $ 78,338,412.84 in common stock, bonds, and cash, plus the assumption of liabilities of $ 2,801,148.72. Except for a minor portion of the assets not exceeding $ 13,051,179.77 in value or cost, National Dairy immediately thereafter transferred the Kraft assets and business to petitioner, receiving in return 20,000 shares, $…

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1. National Dairy, in a lump-sum purchase, acquired the assets and business of Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation, an Illinois corporation paying therefor $ 78,338,412.84 in common stock, bonds, and cash, plus the assumption of liabilities of $ 2,801,148.72. Except for a minor portion of the assets not exceeding $ 13,051,179.77 in value or cost, National Dairy immediately thereafter transferred the Kraft assets and business to petitioner, receiving in return 20,000 shares, $ 2,000,000 par value, of petitioner's stock, which shares were and continued to be all of petitioner's outstanding shares.…

1Opinion of the Court

Kraft Foods Company (Formerly Kraft Cheese Company and Theretofore Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation), Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Kraft Foods Co. v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 4160, 5574

United States Tax Court

21 T.C. 513; 1954 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 310;

January 25, 1954, Promulgated

Decisions will be entered under Rule 50.

1. National Dairy, in a lump-sum purchase, acquired the assets and business of Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation, an Illinois corporation paying therefor $ 78,338,412.84 in common stock, bonds, and cash, plus the assumption of liabilities of $…

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