LEHMAN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 228.

129 F.2d 288 (1942)

LEHMAN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 24, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Graves, of Washington, D. C. (J. S. Y. Ivins, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for petitioner.

Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key and Carolyn E. Agger, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before SWAN, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

Section 23(k) of the Revenue Act of 1934, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code § 23(k) (1), provides for deduction of "debts ascertained to be worthless and charged off within the taxable year * * *; and when satisfied that a debt is recoverable only in part, the Commissioner may allow such debt, in an amount not in excess of the part charged off within the taxable year, as a deduction." Treasury Regulations 86, Art. 23(k)-1 provides, "Before a taxpayer...

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