KORTH v. MOUNTAIN CITY COPPER CO.

No. 3756.

174 F.2d 295 (1949)

KORTH, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. MOUNTAIN CITY COPPER CO.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

April 11, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. B. Waldo, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Dan B. Shields, U. S. Atty. and S. M. Matheson, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for appellant.

W. Q. Van Cott, of Salt Lake City, Utah, for appellee.

Before BRATTON and HUXMAN, Circuit Judges and SAVAGE, District Judge.


SAVAGE, District Judge, delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal involves the interpretation and validity of the treasury regulation pertaining to capitalization of mine development costs recoverable through depletion.

The taxpayer acquired mining property on October 1, 1932. Its expenditures for development were charged to the capital account monthly. Its books of account were kept on an accrual basis. As of September 30, 1935, the capitalized development...

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