Case: Wm. A. Pringle and Alton A. Richardson, Executors, Estate of Wm. A. Philpott, Jr., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Abbreviation: Pringle v. Commissioner
Decision Date: 1927-02-24
Docket Number: Docket No. 7176
Citation: 6 B.T.A. 299
Volume: 6
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Wm. A. Pringle and Alton A. Richardson, Executors, Estate of Wm. A. Philpott, Jr., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: 
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
Wm. A. Pringle and Alton A. Richardson, Executors, Estate of Wm. A. Philpott, Jr., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket No. 7176.
Promulgated February 24, 1927.
George M. Tuttle, Esq., for the petitioners.
W. F. Gibbs, Esq., for the respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION.
Littleton :
The executors claim in the petition filed that the value placed by the Commissioner upon the stock mentioned was excessive and asked that the Board fix the value of the 49 shares at $11,025 and the value of the 5 shares at $625.
The petition alleges that the Commissioner based his determination upon the book value of the stock and that this value was in excess of the price at which the stock could have been sold by a willing seller to a willing buyer on December 29, 1922. In his answer the Commissioner denies that his valuation of the stock was based upon an estimated book value and that the valuation placed thereon by him is in excess of the fair market value of the stock.
No evidence was submitted by petitioner to show that the Commissioner's valuation was erroneous. The evidence submitted by the estate to the Commissioner at the time the question of the tax liability was pending before him in support of their contentions is not before the Board and the allegations of the petition are not proof of the facts. See Buie 29 of the Board's Buies of Practice, April 1, 1926. In these circumstances we affirm the Commissioner's determination.
Judgment will he entered for the Commissioner.