Tree v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States
Tree v. United States, 102 Ct. Cl. 854 (1944)

Tree v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Income tax; annual payments received as compromise of claim for dower taxable as income; income taxable to beneficiary under section 162 (b) of the Revenue Act of 1928.

Decided June 5, 1944; plaintiffs not entitled to recover for the years 1930 and 1931 as to payments made to Nancy Perkins Field Tree and plaintiffs entitled to recover for the year 1931 as to capital net loss. Ante, p., 128.

Plaintiff’s petition for writ of certiorari denied by the Supreme Court March 5,1945.

Reference

Full Case Name
RONALD L. TREE AND NANCY PERKINS FIELD TREE, HIS WIFE v. United States
Status
Published