Opinion

O'Connor v. Commissioner

  • 110 F.2d 652
  • 24 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 555
  • 1940 U.S. App. LEXIS 4622
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Mar 29, 1940
Status
Published
Author
Holmes
On the bench
Holmes, Hutcheson, Sibley
Cited by
7 cases
Authority
More cited than 81.5%

The opinion

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals. It involves a deficiency in income tax of the petitioner for the taxable year 1936.

During said year the petitioner, who was domiciled with his wife in the State of Texas, realized a capital gain from the sale of United States bonds acquired by him from his brother by bequest. The question is whether such gain was community income or constituted his separate income. The opinion of the Board of Tax Appeals is reported in 40 B.T.A. 488 , which is referred to for a complete statement of the facts.

We have here a simple sale of separate property acquired by petitioner as legatee upon the death of his brother on October 20, 1932. The commissioner held that the gain from the proceeds of the sale constituted the petitioner’s separate income, and the board approved the commissioner’s determination. We concur in the conclusion of the board. Love v. Robertson, 7 Tex. 6 , 56 Am.Dec. 41; Chappell v. McIntyre, 9 Tex. 161 ; Rose v. Houston, 11 Tex. 324 , 62 Am.Dec. 478; Oliver v. Robertson, 41 Tex. 422 ; Hamilton v. Brooks, 51 Tex. 142 ; Edwards and Wife v. Brown, 68 Tex. 329 , 4 S.W. 380 ; Schmidt v. Huppman, 73 Tex. 112 , 11 S.W. 175 ; Stringfellow v. Sorrells, 82 Tex. 277 , 18 S.W. 689 ; Welder v. Lambert, 91 Tex. 510 , 44 S.W. 281 ; Arnold v. Leonard, 114 Tex. 535 , 273 S.W. 799 ; Dakan v. Dakan, 125 Tex. 305 , 83 S.W.2d 620 ; Gleich v. Bongio, 128 Tex. 606 , 99 S.W.2d 881 ; Tison v. Gass, 46 Tex. Civ.App. 163, 102 S.W. 751 ; Givens v. Carter, Tex.Civ.App., 146 S.W. 623 ; Stephens v. Stephens, Tex.Civ.App., 292 S.W. 290 ; Oglesby v. Potts, Tex.Civ.App., 40 S.W.2d 815 ; Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Simpson-Fell Oil Co., Tex.Civ.App., 85 S.W.2d 325 , affirmed, Tex., 125 S.W.2d 263 ; Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. v. Thorp, Tex.Civ.App., 86 S.W.2d 644 ; Fain v. Fain, Tex.Civ.App., 93 S.W.2d 1226 ; Estrada v. Reed, Tex.Civ.App., 98 S.W.2d 1042 ; Gillespie v. Gillespie, Tex.Civ.App., 110 S.W.2d 89 .

The decision of the Board of Tax Appeals is affirmed.

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