BUILDING SYNDICATE CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 17037.

292 F.2d 623 (1961)

BUILDING SYNDICATE CO., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

July 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Stoel, George H. Fraser, David G. Hayhurst and Hart, Rockwood, Davies, Biggs & Strayer, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Abbott M. Sellers, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, I. Henry Kutz, Kenneth E. Levin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and C. E. Luckey, U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before ORR, HAMLEY and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges.


ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant seeks to recover federal income taxes paid for the calendar year 1953 in the amount of $23,669.38, on the ground that it should be allowed additional depreciation deductions on certain real estate that it owns.

In 1927 the Northwestern Bank Building in Portland, Oregon, was owned by the Northwestern National Bank of Portland (hereafter "Northwestern"). During the year 1927, Northwestern offered this building for sale through one...

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