Legal Opinion

Wickwire v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 7, 1941No. 8384, 8385PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

Donald M. Teer, president, and J. Sterling Wickwire, treasurer of Teer-Wickwire and Company, a Michigan machinery manufacturing’ enterprise, each owned individually 47% per cent of the capital stock of the corporation. The remaining 'five per cent of stock was owned by the plant superintendent, who was the secretary and also the odd director serving on the corporate board with the president and the treasurer.

In December, 1929, Teer and Wickwire, as individuals, transferred, at current market prices from a joint trading account in which each owned a one-half interest,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Gregory v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Helvering v. CliffordSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Lucas v. EarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  4. Helvering v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Higgins v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. WhitneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  2. Widener, Trust No. 5 v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1983
  3. Scully v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  4. Scully v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  5. Estate of Skouras v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1962

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