M. C. Puckett and Thelma Puckett, Gerald C. Puckett and Eva Jane Puckett v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Fifth Circuit

M. C. Puckett and Thelma Puckett, Gerald C. Puckett and Eva Jane Puckett v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

355 F.2d 551, 17 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 171

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit·Decided January 18, 1966·No. 21866·Published·Cited by 5 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

. The question presented in this case is whether the Tax Court erred in concluding that $12,000.00 which the taxpayers were paid in the year 1954 for certain underground water rights is taxable, as ordinary income rather than as a capital gain. The memorandum findings of fact and opinion of the Tax Court are not officially reported but may be found in 23 CCH Tax Ct. Mem. 238 (1964); 33 P-H Tax Ct. Mem. 261 (1964).

The taxpayers urgently insist that the transaction constituted a “Water Rights Grant” and the funds received were proceeds of a sale and should be treated as capital gain. The Tax Court held the $12,000.00 was not received upon the “sale” of property and that taxpayers could not treat the gain as a long-term capital gain.

A careful examination of the record and the findings and opinion of the Tax Court convinces us that the correct conclusion was reached.

The judgment is affirmed.

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PER CURIAM:

. The question presented in this case is whether the Tax Court erred in concluding that $12,000.00 which the taxpayers were paid in the year 1954 for certain underground water rights is taxable, as ordinary income rather than as a capital gain. The memorandum findings of fact and opinion of the Tax Court are not officially reported but may be found in 23 CCH Tax Ct. Mem. 238 (1964); 33 P-H Tax Ct. Mem. 261 (1964).

The taxpayers urgently insist that the transaction constituted a “Water Rights Grant” and the funds received were proceeds of a sale and should be treated as capital gain. The Tax Court held the $12,000.00 was not received upon the “sale” of property and that taxpayers could not treat the gain as a long-term capital gain.

A careful examination of the record and the findings and opinion of the Tax Court convinces us that the correct conclusion was reached.

The judgment is affirmed.

M. C. Puckett and Thelma Puckett, Gerald C. Puckett and Eva Jane Puckett v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 355 F.2d 551, 17 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 171 (5th Cir. 1966).

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