FRIBOURG NAVIGATION COMPANY v. C. I. R.

No. 72, Docket 28165.

335 F.2d 15 (1964)

FRIBOURG NAVIGATION COMPANY, Inc., Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Lewis, New York City (Theodore Ness, Michael J. Nassau and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner.

William A. Friedlander, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson and Harry Baum, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before SWAN, MOORE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether a taxpayer is entitled to a depreciation deduction for the year in which a depreciable asset is sold at more than its depreciated cost. The Tax Court sustained the Commissioner's disallowance of the deduction, and the taxpayer has appealed to this court. We agree with the Tax Court's determination and affirm the judgment.

The taxpayer, Fribourg Navigation Co., operated two cargo...

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