WILKINSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 456-57.

304 F.2d 469 (1962)

Ernest L. WILKINSON and Alice L. Wilkinson v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Cragun, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. Robert Ash and Ash, Bauersfeld & Burton, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

Jerry M. Hamovit, Washington, D. C., with whom was Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant. Edward S. Smith, Lyle M. Turner and Philip R. Miller, Washington, D. C., on the brief.


LARAMORE, Judge.

Taxpayers1 seek to recover income tax alleged to have been wrongfully collected from them for the calendar year 1951. They aver that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue erroneously disallowed the major portion of plaintiffs' claimed deduction for charitable contributions. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue allowed a portion of the deduction but disallowed the remainder on the ground that the amount contributed exceeded...

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