Legal Opinion

Nelson Weaver Realty Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided March 16, 1961No. Docket Nos. 79957, 80631PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1. Held, the sum of $ 121,841.11 which petitioner Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc., received from another mortgage corporation, in a transaction whereby it transferred to the latter corporation its interests under a contract to act as an agent for a life insurance company in servicing mortgage loans held by said company, represented consideration for its contingent right to earn future compensation from said life insurance company; and that said sum is taxable as…

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1. Held, the sum of $ 121,841.11 which petitioner Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc., received from another mortgage corporation, in a transaction whereby it transferred to the latter corporation its interests under a contract to act as an agent for a life insurance company in servicing mortgage loans held by said company, represented consideration for its contingent right to earn future compensation from said life insurance company; and that said sum is taxable as ordinary income, and not as capital gain. 2. Held, the sum of $ 8,000 which petitioner Nelson Weaver Realty Company received…

1Opinion of the Court

Pierce, Judge:

Respondent, in Docket No. 80361, determined a deficiency in the income tax of petitioner Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc., for its fiscal year ended September 30, 1955, in the amount of $54,192.89. Also, in Docket No. 79957, respondent determined a deficiency in the income tax of petitioner Nelson Weaver Realty Company, for its taxable calendar year 1955, in the amount of $3,666.02.

The cases were consolidated for trial.

The issues for decision are:(1) Whether the sum of $121,841.11 which petitioner Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc., received from another mortgage…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Corn Products Refining Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Commissioner v. P. G. Lake, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Commissioner v. Gillette Motor Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Arkansas Valley Smelting Co. v. Belden Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. General Artists Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Brooks v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1961
  2. Nelson Weaver Realty Company, and Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  3. Estate of Scharf v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1962
  4. Brown v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1963
  5. First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1971

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