JORDAN v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 55207.

27 T.C. 265 (1956)

HANS JORDAN AND TRUDY JORDAN, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed October 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. MacCracken, Esq., for the petitioners.

Richard W. Janes, Esq., for the respondent.


This proceeding involves deficiencies in income tax for the years 1951 and 1952 in the respective amounts of $12,343.28 and $9,560.42.

The sole issue is whether amounts which petitioner, Hans Jordan, received during the years in issue were the proceeds from the sale of a patent and, therefore, taxable as long-term capital gains under the provisions of section 117 (q) of the 1939 Code.

This case was first submitted to the Court sitting at Los Angeles, California...

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