STAKED PLAINS TRUST v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV.

No. 10980.

143 F.2d 421 (1944)

STAKED PLAINS TRUST, Limited, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. P. Jackson, of Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Joseph S. Platt, Sewall Key, Helen R. Carloss, and Newton K. Fox, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. P. Wenchel, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Charles E. Lowery, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


LEE, Circuit Judge.

In its income tax return for 1937 petitioner deducted the sum of $29,750 as interest accrued on indebtedness under Section 23(b) of the Revenue Act of 1936, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, § 23(b). The Commissioner disallowed the deduction on the ground that the sum did not represent interest due on an indebtedness. The Tax Court sustained the Commissioner and the taxpayer brought the case here for review.

The taxpayer, a trust taxable as...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases