...Trust Co. v. jSmietanka, 255 US 509, 518, has defined the meaning of the word " income " as follows : " Income may be defined as the gain derived from capital,...gained through a sale or conversion of capital assets." It can not be said that the proceeds of life insurance policies come within the meaning of the above...

...case. But in Eisner v. Macomber the court defined "income" for income tax purposes, as follows : * * * the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from...gained through a sale or conversion of capital assets * * *. We are unwilling to surmise that the court intended by this language, not necessary to its decision,...

...Profits on Sale of Stock or Bonds as Income.— The United States Supreme Court has defined "income" as, "The gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, provid1 it be understood to include profits gained through sale or conversion of capital assets " Eisner...

...businesses, commerce, or sales, or dealings in property," and the United States Supreme Court defines income as the "gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined." Doyle v. Mitchell Brothers Co., 247 US 179, 185, 38 Sup. Ct. 467, 469 (62 L. Ed. 105) and authority...

...found it necessary to determine just what income is, and defined the term in the following words: "For income may be defined as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, and here we have combined operations of capital and labor."1 No authority of previous decisions was...

...process and the transaction is indubitably "business" and the gains derived therefrom "income," for "income may be defined as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, and here we have combined operations of capital and labor." The Court called attention to the alleged...

...to restore the capital value that existed at the commencement of the period under consideration.10 Income may be defined as the gain derived from capital,...gained through a sale or conversion of capital assets." One of the best legal definitions of "profit," of general applicability, is found in Morrow v. Missouri...

...arising from corporate activities. As was said in Stratton's Independence v. Howbert, 231 US 399, 415: "Income may be defined as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined." Understanding the term in this natural and obvious sense, it cannot be said that a conversion of capital...

...of the act of 1009; and the gains derived from it are properly and strictly from that business; fot "income" may be defined as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, and here we have combined operations of capital and labor. As to the alleged inequality of operation...

...Justices, 77 NH 600.] In Stratton's Independence Mine Limited v. Howbert, supra, at page 415, it is defined "as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined." Even the Income Tax Act itself defines an income substantially as above, and in such wise as to make...