STATE v. L. & A. CONTRACTING CO.

No. 41956.

241 Miss. 783 (1961)

133 So.2d 546

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et al. v. L. & A. CONTRACTING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Stone, Jackson, for appellants.

Dudley W. Conner, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves the validity of a state income tax deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense or loss incurred in trade or business. A successor corporation, owned by the partners, assumed and paid a debt of the predecessor partnership, under a claimed necessity to obtain future financing from the creditor. We hold the payment is not a deductible expense or loss.

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