ROXBURGHE v. BURNET

No. 5360.

58 F.2d 693 (1932)

ROXBURGHE v. BURNET, Com'r of Internal Revenue.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided April 11, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick L. Pearce and George M. Morris, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Sewall Key, C. M. Charest, and D. M. Evans, all of Washington, D. C., G. A. Youngquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., and H. R. Carloss, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was the beneficiary in a moiety estate in certain houses and lands held by trustees under the will of her father, and was entitled to receive the entire net income therefrom during her life, at her death the corpus of the trust was to go to her children.

In her income tax return for the year 1920 appellant claimed a deduction of 3 per cent. from the gross income actually received by her from the trust, for depreciation on account...

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