ESTATE OF SHANNONHOUSE v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 38718.

21 T.C. 422 (1953)

ESTATE OF JAMES M. SHANNONHOUSE, DECEASED, FRANCES W. SHANNONHOUSE, EXECUTRIX, AND FRANCES W. SHANNONHOUSE, SURVIVING WIFE, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated December 31, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Gebhardt, Esq., for the petitioners.

George W. Calvert, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent determined a deficiency in the income tax of petitioners for the calendar year 1949 in the amount of $1,239.98. Certain of the adjustments covered by the deficiency notice are not contested and will be reflected in the Rule 50 computation.

The sole issue for decision is whether payments made and legal expenses incurred in discharging liabilities for breach of covenants of title in a warranty deed conveying income-producing real property in a prior year...

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