Estate of Alton Bean - Page 3




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            were filed, Mable, Gary, and Cynthia Bean resided in Amity,                                
            Arkansas.                                                                                  
                  Shortly after decedent’s death, Gary Bean was appointed                              
            administrator of decedent’s estate.                                                        
                  For convenience, hereinafter all references to petitioners                           
            refer to decedent and Mable Bean and to Gary and Cynthia Bean.                             
                  For many years, decedent and Gary Bean jointly owned and                             
            managed a trucking business in Amity, Arkansas.  Through 1992,                             
            decedent and Gary Bean operated the trucking business as a                                 
            partnership (the Partnership).  During all relevant periods,                               
            decedent owned a 75-percent interest in the Partnership, and Gary                          
            Bean owned a 25-percent interest in the Partnership.                                       
                  On April 30, 1988, decedent, Mable, and Gary Bean formed an                          
            Arkansas corporation (the Corporation) that elected in 1989 to be                          
            taxed pursuant to subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.                               
            From early 1988 through 1992, decedent and Mable Bean owned 75                             
            percent of the stock in the Corporation, and Gary Bean owned the                           
            remaining 25 percent of the stock in the Corporation.                                      
                  Through 1992, the Corporation, through its employees,                                
            provided maintenance on and parts for the trucks of the                                    
            Partnership.                                                                               
                  On October 9, 1990, decedent and Mable Bean executed a                               
            $960,019 second mortgage on their personal residence to the Bank                           








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