BRAZNELL v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 22587.

16 T.C. 503 (1951)

CARL W. BRAZNELL, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated February 28, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Kanner, Esq., for the petitioner.

Newman A. Townsend, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent determined a deficiency in income tax of $4,930.48 against the petitioner for the calendar year 1945. The only question remaining for decision is whether an amount paid in 1945, pursuant to a judgment in a Florida State Court, is deductible under section 23 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code as a non-trade or nonbusiness expense, the suit having been based on an alleged breach of a contract to pay a brokerage commission of $40,000 for the negotiation of a...

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