ANDERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1130.

555 F.2d 236 (1977)

Milton E. ANDERSON and Mae E. Anderson, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Swift, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tax Div., San Francisco, Cal., Scott P. Crampton, Gilbert E. Andrews, Jr., Robert T. Duffy, Atty., argued, Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Richard S. Burriss, argued, Jones & Burriss, Los Altos, Cal., for appellees.

Before ELY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The appellee taxpayers instituted a refund suit, seeking to recover taxes paid because the Internal Revenue Service disallowed a deduction claimed by the taxpayers for bad debts under 26 U.S.C. § 166 (1970). The District Court granted a judgment for the taxpayers, and the Government appeals.

In 1949 Milton Anderson commenced a floor covering business as a sole proprietorship. He incorporated the business in 1956, exchanging the assets of his...

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