SHOPMAKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 9030.

119 F.Supp. 705 (1953)

SHOPMAKER et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

October 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvan Agatstein, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., and Robert E. Brauer, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for defendant.


HULEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs sue for a tax refund of $1,476.56. The claim is based on termite damage to plaintiffs' residence in the amount of $4,031.04. The issue is whether or not money expended in repairing damage to a dwelling caused by termites is deductible from income as a "casualty" within the meaning of Section 23(e) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., 1946 edition, § 23. We hold that it is under authority of Rosenberg v. Commissioner of...

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