United States v. William F. Holcomb and Idris M. Holcomb
This text of 237 F.2d 502 (United States v. William F. Holcomb and Idris M. Holcomb) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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' This is a companion case to Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Ostler, 9 *503 Cir., 237 F.2d 501. The appeal is by the government from a judgment of the District Court in favor of appellee taxpayers in their suit for refund of income taxes paid for the year 1951. The decision below is reported in Holcomb v. U. S., D.C., 137 F.Supp. 619. Taxpayers had filed a joint return under § 51(b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 26 U.S.C. A. § 51(b) (1) while a California interlocutory decree of divorce was in effect between them.
We affirm for the reasons given by the trial judge and on the grounds developed in our opinion in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Ostler, supra.
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