OCEAN ACCIDENT & G. CORP. v. COM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 136.

47 F.2d 582 (1931)

OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LIMITED, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 16, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ewing Everett, of New York City (Miller & Chevalier and Stuart Chevalier, all of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Helen R. Carloss, of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The petitioner claims to be entitled to deduct from gross income for each taxable year in question its accrued but unpaid losses during the year on policies of liability insurance and workmen's compensation insurance. Its claim is based upon section 234(a) of the Revenue Act of 1918 (40 Stat. 1057, 1077), which reads, so far as material, as follows:

"Sec. 234(a) That in computing the net income of a corporation...

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