Legal Opinion

Rogers v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided February 9, 1932No. Docket Nos. 41894, 41895Published

Amounts received by owners of mineral rights as bonus upon execution of the lease to develop such rights on a royalty basis are income in their entirety at the dates received.

1Opinion of the Court

WESLEY G. ROGERS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

BASCOM H. ROGERS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Rogers v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 41894, 41895.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

25 B.T.A. 492; 1932 BTA LEXIS 1521;

February 9, 1932, Promulgated

Amounts received by owners of mineral rights as bonus upon execution of the lease to develop such rights on a royalty basis are income in their entirety at the dates received.

Charles H. Garnett, Esq., for the petitioners.

Maxwell M. Mahany, Esq., for the respondent.

LANSDON

OPINION.

LANSDON: The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rogers v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1932

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