MAHER v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 4271-78.

76 T.C. 593 (1981)

JOHN A. MAHER AND MADELINE K. MAHER, PETITIONERS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT

United States Tax Court.

Filed April 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Wellisch, for the petitioner.

Jan S. Neiman, for the respondent.


HALL, Judge:

Respondent determined a $14,669 deficiency in petitioners' 1974 income tax. The issue for decision is whether the destruction of 22 palm trees caused by a disease known as "lethal yellowing" qualifies as a casualty loss deduction under section 165(c)(3).1

FINDINGS OF FACT

Some of the facts have been stipulated and are found accordingly.

Petitioners John A. and Madeline K. Maher, husband and...

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