Legal Opinion

Barbour v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided July 29, 1941No. Docket No. 100714Published

1. Increase, due to delay in payment, in award paid to petitioner under Michigan law in condemnation of property of which she retained possession until payment, held, taxable as capital gain and not as interest. Estate of Edgar S Appleby,41 B.T.A. 18, followed. 2. Depreciation on condemned property between determination of value and relinquishment of possession held not allowable.

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH HENRY BARBOUR, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Barbour v. Commissioner

Docket No. 100714.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

44 B.T.A. 1117; 1941 BTA LEXIS 1230;

July 29, 1941, Promulgated

1. Increase, due to delay in payment, in award paid to petitioner under Michigan law in condemnation of property of which she retained possession until payment, held, taxable as capital gain and not as interest. Estate of Edgar S Appleby,41 B.T.A. 18, followed.

2. Depreciation on condemned property between determination of value and relinquishment of possession held not allowable.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Appleby v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1940
  2. Barbour v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1941

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