Hartz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This action involves the correctness of the conclusion reached by the Tax Court of the United States that a partnership entered into by L. B. Hartz, his father B. J. Hartz, his mother Mrs. L. K. Hartz, his sister Miss Louise K. Hartz, and his wife Harriet L. Hartz was invalid for tax purposes. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue had reached the same conclusion and assigned the entire income of the business for the year 1941 to L. B. Hartz. Upon review by the Tax Court a small portion of the income for that year was allocated to B. J. Hartz, Mrs. L. K. Hartz and Miss…