Legal Opinion

Mullins v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided November 24, 1928No. Docket No. 13917Published

1. Pursuant to agreements entered into by the principal stockholder of a corporation, having control of all the stock, with the corporation and with investment bankers, a new corporation was organized; the old corporation sold its property and assets to the new corporation for cash and distributed the cash to its stockholders pro rata; the principal stockholder, for himself and other stockholders, pro rata, purchased from the new company common and preferred stock for cash…

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1. Pursuant to agreements entered into by the principal stockholder of a corporation, having control of all the stock, with the corporation and with investment bankers, a new corporation was organized; the old corporation sold its property and assets to the new corporation for cash and distributed the cash to its stockholders pro rata; the principal stockholder, for himself and other stockholders, pro rata, purchased from the new company common and preferred stock for cash and sold the preferred stock at a discount to the bankers for cash; the bankers purchased from the new company common…

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAM H. MULLINS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Mullins v. Commissioner

Docket No. 13917.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

14 B.T.A. 426; 1928 BTA LEXIS 2976;

November 24, 1928, Promulgated

1. Pursuant to agreements entered into by the principal stockholder of a corporation, having control of all the stock, with the corporation and with investment bankers, a new corporation was organized; the old corporation sold its property and assets to the new corporation for cash and distributed the cash to its stockholders pro rata; the principal stockholder, for himself and…

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