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164 F.2d 486

Docket No. 9430.

Spears v. Commissioner

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued Nov. 17, 1947.

Decided Nov. 26, 1947.

Third Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1947-11-26

Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently December 1958

6 federal appellate · 2 district ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 26 U.S.C. § 107

Relies on Dobson v. Commissioner · John Kelley Co. v. Commissioner

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1947-11-26

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¶1Prew Savoy, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

¶2Harry Baum, of Washington, D.C. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Helen R. Carloss and George A. Stinson, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., on the brief) for respondent.

¶3Before MARIS, O’CONNELL, and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The question which this case presents is whether the Tax Court erred in determining that the total compensation received by the taxpayer for engineering services performed by him in connection with a series of construction projects for a single employer under a single employment contract must be taken into account in determining whether the taxpayer was entitled to the benefit of Section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A.Int.Rev.Code, § 107, for the taxable year 1941. The Tax Court so held in the light of the facts of the taxpayer’s case. Since the compensation received by the taxpayer in 1941 was less than 75% of the total so determined the court decided that he was not entitled to the benefit of Section 107. The question as to what constituted the “total compensation” of the taxpayer was one of ultimate fact which it was peculiarly within the competence of the Tax Court to decide. Compare John Kelley Co. v. Commissioner, 326 U.S. 521, 66 S.Ct. 299, 90 L.Ed. 278. We are, therefore, not at liberty to review its decision of the question. Dobson v. Commissioner, 320 U.S. 489, 64 S.Ct. 239, 88 L.Ed. 248.

¶6The decision will be affirmed.

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