EVANS v. C. I. R.

No. 15985.

264 F.2d 502 (1959)

Robley H. EVANS and Julia M. Evans, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roswell Magill, New York City, Lyle L. Iversen, Seattle, Wash., Edgar Bernhard, Donald J. Yellon, Chicago, Ill., John C. Klett, Jr., Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York City, D'Ancona, Pflaum, Wyatt & Riskind, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Melva M. Graney, J. Dwight Evans, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before POPE, HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.

The main issue presented to this Court on the petition for review of the decision of the Tax Court of the United States centers on the rate of depreciation to which the taxpayers are entitled on automobiles used by them in their business of leasing automobiles to a corporation which was engaged in the business of leasing and renting automobiles to the public.

The Tax Court entered its decision finding deficiencies in income tax due...

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