Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided September 17, 1931No. Docket No. 29685Published

Held, that the petitioner created a parol trust for his son and daughter with respect to a portion of the stock appearing of record in his name, and two-thirds of the dividends from such stock should be excluded from his gross income.

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN H. STEVENS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Stevens v. Commissioner

Docket No. 29685.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

24 B.T.A. 52; 1931 BTA LEXIS 1706;

September 17, 1931, Promulgated

Held, that the petitioner created a parol trust for his son and daughter with respect to a portion of the stock appearing of record in his name, and two-thirds of the dividends from such stock should be excluded from his gross income.

Robert N. Holt, Esq., and C. F. Fuller, C.P.A., for the petitioner.

Arthur Carnduff, Esq., for the respondent.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stevens v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1931

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