McMURTRY v. UNITED STATES

No. 514-53.

132 F.Supp. 114 (1955)

George G. McMURTRY v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Harding Paul, Washington, D. C., R. H. Yeatman, Jr., Washington, D. C., on the brief, for plaintiff.

Edmund C. Grainger, Jr., Washington, D. C., Asst. Atty. Gen., H. Brian Holland, Andrew D. Sharpe, Ellis N. Slack and James Q. Riordan, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant.

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


JONES, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff sues to recover an alleged overpayment of taxes for the year 1942. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue disallowed a deduction from the gross income of that year which plaintiff had claimed for legal expenses. He also disallowed part of a deduction from net income for medical expenses. This disallowance resulted from the adjustment in net income when the deduction for legal expense was disallowed. The defendant has moved to dismiss plaintiff...

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