BLUMENTHAL v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 10080.

183 F.2d 15 (1950)

BLUMENTHAL v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert W. Reisner, Philadelphia, Pa. (Sanford D. Beecher, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner.

MaryHelen Wigle, Washington, D. C. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Assistant Attorney General, Ellis N. Slack, A. F. Prescott, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, on the brief), for respondent.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented by this petition for review of the decision of the Tax Court is whether premiums paid by the taxpayer on insurance policies on his own life for the irrevocable benefit of his divorced wife are deductible from gross income under Section 23(u) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 23(u). This section of the Code permits a husband to deduct from gross income amounts includible under Section 22(k), 26 U.S.C.A. &...

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