BURNS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 31570.

174 F.Supp. 203 (1959)

Howard F. BURNS and Elna A. Burns, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Ohio, E. D.

May 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. Burns, William H. Fleming, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Russell E. Ake, U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., James P. Garland, Philip R. Miller, George T. Rita, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


WEICK, District Judge.

This action is for the recovery of $1,870.66 (plus interest at 6% from November 1, 1950) alleged as an overpayment of personal income tax for the year 1948. Plaintiffs claim they were entitled to a deduction, from their income, of $2,811.40, as a casualty loss under Section 23(e) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 26 U.S.C. § 23(e) (3), because an ornamental elm tree, located on their residence property, had become afflicted with...

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