Legal Opinion

Sherman v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided December 21, 1933No. Docket No. 65593Published

An agreement which merely provides for the transfer of property from one spouse to the other upon separation does not destroy the marital community composed of the parties thereto.

1Opinion of the Court

EDNA SMART SHERMAN, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Sherman v. Commissioner

Docket No. 65593.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

29 B.T.A. 616; 1933 BTA LEXIS 912;

December 21, 1933, Promulgated

An agreement which merely provides for the transfer of property from one spouse to the other upon separation does not destroy the marital community composed of the parties thereto.

E. D. Turner, Esq., for the petitioner.

E. A. Tonjes, Esq., for the respondent.

LANSDON

OPINION.

LANSDON: The respondent has determined a deficiency in income tax for the year 1929 in the amount of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sherman v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1933

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