JEFFERSON LAKE SULPHUR COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 6879.

207 F.Supp. 124 (1962)

JEFFERSON LAKE SULPHUR COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

May 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Rene H. Himel, Sr., H. Paul Simon, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward S. Smith, Charles W. Mehaffy, Jerome J. Reso, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Kathleen Ruddell, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendant.


AINSWORTH, District Judge.

The taxpayer, Jefferson Lake Sulphur Company, sues for refund of income taxes. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue determined that for purposes of computing its depletion deduction Jefferson Lake should exclude from its gross income the royalty paid by Jefferson Lake to others on sulphur it mined for Texas Gulf Sulphur Company pursuant to a written contract between the two companies. We disagree, and hold that refund should be granted....

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