Opinion

Boston E. R. Co. v. Commissioner

  • 45 B.T.A. 906
  • 1941 BTA LEXIS 1047
Court
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Filed
Dec 9, 1941
Status
Published
Author
Mellott
On the bench
Fossan, Black, Mellott
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Mellott,

concurring: While I concur in the holding of the majority that the amounts received from the commonwealth during the taxable years can not be characterized as loans,.. I am of the opinion that the discussion of the “leased road” theory, upon which the Commissioner relied in making his determination, is inadequate. His contention, with which I find myself in agreement, is that the various acts of the legislature created two separate and distinct entities— Boston Elevated Railway Co. (lessor) and Boston Elevated Railway Co. Public Trustees (lessee). If that be so then the amounts paid for the use of the property, albeit paid in the form of dividends to petitioner’s stockholders, constituted income to petitioner.

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