HOPKINS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 56882.

30 T.C. 1015 (1958)

CECIL R. HOPKINS AND RUTH O. HOPKINS, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed August 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Y. Merrell, Esq., for the petitioners.

Jack D. Yarbrough, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent determined deficiencies in income tax against the petitioners for the years 1949 and 1950 in the respective amounts of $6,598.85 and $2,367.42. The questions for decision are (1) whether petitioners are entitled to deductions for legal fees and expenses of $11,250 paid in 1949 and $3,770.39 paid in 1950, and (2) whether they are entitled to a deduction for deposits of $25 made at Christmas time in 1949 in a savings account for each child of Cecil R. Hopkins...

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