Legal Opinion

Clinton Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided August 31, 1933No. Docket No. 54880Published

A claim for adjustment of depreciation rates based on 1913 value of depreciable property alleged to exceed cost must be supported by convincing evidence of the value claimed and proof of the remaining useful life of the property at such date.

1Opinion of the Court

CLINTON COTTON MILLS, INC., PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Clinton Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 54880.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

28 B.T.A. 1312; 1933 BTA LEXIS 1021;

August 31, 1933, Promulgated

A claim for adjustment of depreciation rates based on 1913 value of depreciable property alleged to exceed cost must be supported by convincing evidence of the value claimed and proof of the remaining useful life of the property at such date.

Donald Horne, Esq., for the petitioner.

James K. Polk, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.

LANSDON

OPINION.

LANSDON: The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Clinton Cotton Mills, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1933

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