Legal Opinion

Snell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 5, 1938No. 8731PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns income taxes for the years 1924 to 1927 inclusive, the Board of Tax Appeals having denied the taxpayer the benefit of the capital net gains rates provided in the Revenue Acts of 1924 and 1926, 43 Stat. 253, 44 Stat. 9, even as to profits realized during the tax years on in-stalment sales made in the year 1923. The gains all arose from sales of land near Sc. Petersburg, Florida, which had been held by the taxpayer for more than two years. The Revenue Act of 1921, Sect. 206(a) (6), 42 Stat. 232, had included in capital assets “property acquired and held…

2Cited by100 opinions

  1. MAULDIN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
  2. Rollingwood Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Bohannon v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
  3. Louis Greenspon v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (Three Cases). Anna Greenspon v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
  4. Arthur W. Smith and Mrs. Arthur W. Smith v. Charles H. Dunn, Formerly Acting Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  5. Fahs v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947

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