Legal Opinion

McClelland v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided December 20, 1984No. Docket Nos. 7629-79, 7630-79Published

Ps are partners in S, a coal mining venture. Pursuant to a coal lease, S strip mined coal and loaded it into the trucks of independent contractors. The truckers hauled the coal over the "bench" and over private and public roads to the premises of C, S's purchaser. The truck drivers unloaded the coal into a dumping bin, at the bottom of which was a stationary steel grate.

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Ps are partners in S, a coal mining venture. Pursuant to a coal lease, S strip mined coal and loaded it into the trucks of independent contractors. The truckers hauled the coal over the "bench" and over private and public roads to the premises of C, S's purchaser. The truck drivers unloaded the coal into a dumping bin, at the bottom of which was a stationary steel grate. On virtually each trip, the truck driver used a sledge hammer or pickax to force a few oversize or jammed pieces of coal through the steel grate. Thereafter, C applied to the purchased coal one or more of the coal mining…

1Opinion of the Court

Herbert J. McClelland and Clara H. McClelland, Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent; Charles J. Chaffin and Jeanette Chaffin, Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

McClelland v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 7629-79, 7630-79

United States Tax Court

83 T.C. 958; 1984 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 2; 83 T.C. No. 52;

December 20, 1984. December 20, 1984, Filed

Decisions of no deficiency and no overpayment will be entered.

Ps are partners in S, a coal mining venture. Pursuant to a coal lease, S strip mined coal and loaded it into the trucks of independent contractors. The…

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