J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal from the United States Tax Court is whether Elm Development Company, as to fiscal years 1957 and 1958, is entitled to a percentage depletion deduction based on amounts received for mining coal under a contract with the lessee of the mined land. The Tax Court decided against Elm's claim.
Laredo Coal Mining Company is lessee of the land involved under a lease entered into on June 2, 1947, with the Pardee...
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