US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
MCFEELY V. COMMISSIONER, 296 U. S. 102 (1935)
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McFeely v. Commissioner, 296 U.S. 102 (1935)
McFeely v. Commissioner
No. 24
Argued October 24, 1935
Decided November 11, 1935
296 U.S. 102
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
1. The meaning of the term "capital assets" defined in the Revenue Act of 1921, § 206(a)(6), as property "acquired and held" by the taxpayer for more than two years, was not changed by omission chanrobles.com-red
of the word "acquired" in the corresponding sections of the Acts of 1924, 1926, and 1928; that word in the earlier Act was surplusage. P. 296 U. S. 107.
2. In common understanding, to "hold" property is to own, it, and the length of time for which property has been "held" by its owner is computed from the date when he acquired it. P. 296 U. S. 107.
3. Property acquired from a decedent through intestacy or general bequest is acquired and "held" from the date of the death, rather than from the date of distribution. Construing § 101(c)(8), Revenue Act, 1928. P. 296 U. S. 107.
