Legal Opinion

Childs v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided May 14, 1937No. Docket No. 84497Published

CAPITAL GAIN. - Gain realized on the redemption in 1933 of preferred stock which had been held by the petitioner for more than two years, held to be capital gain. William C. Rands,34 B.T.A. 1107, overruled in so far as it treats as ordinary income the gain on redemption of stock constituting a capital asset.

1Opinion of the Court

MARY S. CHILDS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Childs v. Commissioner

Docket No. 84497.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

35 B.T.A. 1125; 1937 BTA LEXIS 796;

May 14, 1937, Promulgated

CAPITAL GAIN. - Gain realized on the redemption in 1933 of preferred stock which had been held by the petitioner for more than two years, held to be capital gain. William C. Rands,34 B.T.A. 1107, overruled in so far as it treats as ordinary income the gain on redemption of stock constituting a capital asset.

Charles H. Buckley, Esq., and George Link, Jr., Esq., for the petitioner.

J. R.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Childs v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1937

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