COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. DWYER

No. 43, Docket 22267.

203 F.2d 522 (1953)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. DWYER.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Kelley, Jr., Ellis N. Slack, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., A. F. Prescott, Special Assts. to the Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., for the petitioner.

Victor G. Mount, Seneca Falls, N. Y., for the respondent.

Before SWAN, Chief Judge, L. HAND and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The Commissioner appeals from an order of the Tax Court, expunging a deficiency that he had assessed against Dwyer, the taxpayer, in his income tax for the year, 1946. The appeal turns upon whether Dwyer should be allowed to deduct the amount of his opening inventory for the year under the following circumstances. He has operated a hotel and restaurant since 1932, in the course of which he sells alcoholic drinks at retail, so that the "sale...

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