HEARD v. C. I. R.

No. 12882.

269 F.2d 911 (1959)

Drayton HEARD and Elizabeth A. Heard, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drayton Heard, Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioners.

Helen A. Buckley, Washington, D. C. (Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Melva M. Graney, Carolyn R. Just, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners ask for review of a decision of the Tax Court, 30 T.C. 1093 (1958), which held that the premiums paid by taxpayer for old line health and accident policies are a medical deduction under § 23(x) of the 1939 Internal Revenue Code as amended 26 U.S.C. 1952 ed., only to the extent that they are applied to medical or hospitalization coverage. Petitioners also except to the determination that mailing...

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