DAVISON v. UNITED STATES

No. J-662.

6 F.Supp. 236 (1934)

DAVISON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

March 12, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo H. Hoffman, of New York City (Robert W. Knox and Kix Miller, Baar & Hoffman, all of New York City, on the briefs), for plaintiffs.

H. Brian Holland, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. R. Fillman, E. Barrett Prettyman, T. H. Lewis, Jr., and E. J. Dowd, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHALEY, Judges.


GREEN, Judge.

Since the commencement of this action, the plaintiff has died and his executors have been substituted as the parties plaintiff but the word "plaintiff" as used in the findings and in this opinion means the original plaintiff in the case.

The issue in this case is whether in computing the income taxes of the plaintiff for 1919 an allowance should be made for depreciation on improved real estate sold by him.

The property was a lot in the...

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