WOOD v. UNITED STATES

No. 50101.

104 F.Supp. 1020 (1952)

WOOD et ux. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving H. Bull, New York City (B. H. Bartholow, New York City, on the briefs), for plaintiffs.

Elizabeth B. Davis, Washington, D. C., Ellis N. Slack, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., was on the brief), for the defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.


WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiffs sue to recover taxes assessed against their income for the year 1947. We do not think they are entitled to recover. A few brief words to state why we are of this opinion.

In the first place, plaintiffs made their returns on a cash basis, instead of on an accrual basis. This means, of course, that we must view their status as of the time they received their income, instead of the time...

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