COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JOSEPHS

No. 13626.

168 F.2d 233 (1948)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JOSEPHS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

May 20, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Marselli, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Helen R. Carloss, Robert N. Anderson and Melva M. Graney, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for petitioner.

H. A. Dancer, of Duluth, Minn., for respondent.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether respondent taxpayer was entitled to certain deductions claimed by him in his income tax return for the year 1941. The deductions claimed were $10,000 paid by respondent as his share in the settlement of suits in which he and his co-administrator were charged with mismanagement of an estate and $1,500 for attorneys' fees paid in connection with the litigation. The Commissioner denied the deductions and...

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