Delsing v. United States

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

In this suit to enforce refund of income taxes, in the District Court the parties by stipulation submitted as the sole issue, whether the profit from the sale of Twelve and one-half duplex dwelling units should be treated as capital gain under the provisions of Section 117 (j) (1) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A., or ordinary income, with determination of this in turn restricted to whether such property was or was not held “primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course” of the plaintiff taxpayers’ “trade or business.” Upon evidence presented by…