WILLIAMS v. BURNET

Nos. 5429, 5430.

59 F.2d 357 (1932)

WILLIAMS v. BURNET, Commission of Internal Revenue (two cases).

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided May 23, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Kemp Slaughter and Hugh C. Bickford, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

C. M. Charest and Frank M. Thompson, both of Washington, D. C., G. A. Youngquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key, S. D. Hanson, and J. P. Jackson, all of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

Appeals involving certain deductions taken by appellants in their income tax returns for 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, and 1926.

It appears that in the year 1919, and for many years prior thereto, appellants owned a tract of land situate along the water front on Staten Island, N. Y. The property was suitable for business purposes, and appellants had used portions of it in carrying on various business enterprises. A part of the land was occupied...

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