KORNHAUSER v. UNITED STATES

No. 162.

276 U.S. 145 (1928)

KORNHAUSER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.L. Hamby was on the brief for petitioner.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner sued in the Court of Claims to recover $1,126.15, the amount by which his income tax for the year 1918 was increased by reason of the refusal of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to allow a deduction from the petitioner's gross income of the sum of $10,000 claimed as a business expense for that year. The petition alleges that the latter sum was paid...

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