WIGTON v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 16254.

13 T.C. 323 (1949)

CHARLES BENSON WIGTON, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated September 19, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Seaman, Esq., for the petitioner.

Stanley B. Herzfeld, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent determined a deficiency in income tax for the taxable year 1943 in the amount of $1,209.03. The sole issue presented is whether petitioner is entitled to a deduction for $6,456.02 paid by petitioner to the Wigton-Abbott Corporation in 1943, pursuant to a written promise to indemnify the corporation for any loss resulting from its purchase of 200 shares of stock of Columbia Gas & Electric Co. in 1931.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

Petitioner is an individual...

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