United States v. Amirikian

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the District Court in which it was held that money received by Arsham Amirikian, the taxpayer, in a contest for a prize should not be included in his taxable income. The facts were stipulated. During the period from October 1939 to April 1940, Amiriki-an, a civil engineer employed in the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department, Washington, D. C., participated in the designing and supervision of a new method of constructing caissons or gates for naval dry docks by means of arc welding, which resulted in a substantial monetary…