KEYSTONE METAL COMPANY v. C. I. R.

No. 12672.

264 F.2d 561 (1959)

KEYSTONE METAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee W. Eckels, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Henry A. Morrow, Jr., Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner.

Karl Schmeidler, Washington, D. C. (Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Robert N. Anderson, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

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


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of a decision of the Tax Court upholding the Commissioner's finding of a deficiency in petitioner's 1953 income tax return. The Tax Court held that in the circumstances of this case statutory penalties paid to the City of Pittsburgh and the School District of Pittsburgh for late payment of certain mercantile taxes are not deductible from gross incomes as "ordinary and necessary" business expenses within the meaning...

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