Rocky Mountain Dev. Co. v. Commissioner
United States Board of Tax Appeals
1. Where petitioner, in exchange for oil well equipment, acquired certain oil payment contracts for stipulated amounts to be paid out of the proceeds from oil if, as, and when produced from the properties upon which the exchanged equipment was installed, and the petitioner's right to receive such future payments and thus recoup its cost and realize taxable profits, if any, was wholly contingent upon the indeterminable happening of future events, held, that petitioner is…
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1. Where petitioner, in exchange for oil well equipment, acquired certain oil payment contracts for stipulated amounts to be paid out of the proceeds from oil if, as, and when produced from the properties upon which the exchanged equipment was installed, and the petitioner's right to receive such future payments and thus recoup its cost and realize taxable profits, if any, was wholly contingent upon the indeterminable happening of future events, held, that petitioner is entitled to apply the payments actually received during the taxable year on each contract, respectively, in recoupment of…
1Opinion of the Court
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.
Rocky Mountain Dev. Co. v. Commissioner
Docket No. 83849.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
38 B.T.A. 1303; 1938 BTA LEXIS 760;
December 6, 1938, Promulgated
1. Where petitioner, in exchange for oil well equipment, acquired certain oil payment contracts for stipulated amounts to be paid out of the proceeds from oil if, as, and when produced from the properties upon which the exchanged equipment was installed, and the petitioner's right to receive such future payments and thus recoup its cost and…
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