BROWN v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 1719-67.

50 T.C. 865 (1968)

MARTHA K. BROWN AND JAMES W. BROWN, JR., PETITIONERS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed September 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Brown, Jr., for the petitioners.

E.M. Paturis, for the respondent.


FORRESTER, Judge:

Respondent has determined a deficiency in the petitioners' income tax for the year 1964 in the amount of $353.30. The only issue is whether $2,080 paid to Martha K. Brown (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Martha) in 1964 by James John Neate, her former husband (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Neate), was received by her in discharge of a legal obligation imposed on James John Neate within the meaning of section 71(a), I.R.C. 1954...

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