Legal Opinion

Lynchburg Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1953No. 6695_1PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Lynchburg National Bank & Trust Company, the taxpayer in this case, contends that under the provisions of Section 112(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 112(f), 1 no gain should be recognized from the receipt by it in the taxable year 1946 of the proceeds of an insurance policy received by it because of a fire loss on a building which adjoined its banking house in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The bank bought the adjacent property in 1940 for $37,500 of which it allocated $32,274.75 to the land and $5,-225.25 to the building. The purpose was to demolish the building and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Massillon-Cleveland-Akron Sign Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1950
  2. Winter Realty & Const. Co. v. Commissioner of Int. Rev.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  3. Haberland v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1932
  4. Winter Realty & Constr. Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1943
  5. Buckhardt v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1935

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Loco Realty Company v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  2. Gaynor News Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1954
  3. Gilman v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1979
  4. Liant Record, Inc., William I. Alpert and Paula G. Alpert, Abraham Alpert and Sarah Alpert, Jack L. Alpert v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  5. Steuart Brothers, Inc., a Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958

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