Opinion

Lane v. Commissioner

  • 26 T.C. 405
  • 1956 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 179
Court
United States Tax Court
Filed
May 31, 1956
Status
Published
Author
Murdock
On the bench
Rice
Cited by
21 cases

same rule under California interlocutory divorce decree

How later courts described this case

  • same rule under California interlocutory divorce decree
  • taxpayer proved that an unsigned return was a joint return

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Murdock, J., dissenting: The Court has no idea why the husband did not sign the return, and the evidence does not overcome the presumption of correctness attaching to the Commissioner’s determination.

Harron and Pierce, JJ.: agree with this dissent.

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