Opinion

Smiley v. Commissioner

  • 33 B.T.A. 198
  • 1935 BTA LEXIS 788
Court
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Filed
Oct 15, 1935
Status
Published
Author
Seawell
On the bench
Seawell, Smith, Agree, Murdock
Cited by
1 cases

The opinion

Seawell,

dissenting: Petitioners received the Lake Mohonk property own onere. There was no compulsion that they should use it or otherwise cause it to produce income. Their tenure depended upon the payment of the legacies to the mother and aunt, as the property was the pledge to assure the payment whether or not it produced income. If the prevailing opinion is correct, it would seem that the income of the property, if any, is exempt to the extent of $7,500 a year so long as both Mrs. Smiley and Mrs. Sanborn live. I do not think this is according to the law of the case.

Smith and ARNOLD agree with the above dissent.

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