Legal Opinion
Hutchings v. Burnet
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 28, 1932No. 5342PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
This appeal relates to income taxes for the years 1924 and 1925, and is cognate with the appeal of Emma Burt Lansill et al. v. Burnet, Commissioner, 61 App. D. C. 107, 58 F.(2d) 512, decided by us concurrently herewith. The several opinions may be read together.
The issue is whether the appellant taxpayer may take deductions from her gross taxable income for the years 1924 and 1925, (a) for an attorney’s fee paid by her for services in a will contest case in which she was a party, (b) for an attorney’s fee paid by her for services in a suit contesting her title to certain…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kornhauser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Lewellyn v. Pittsburgh, B. & L. E. R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. FieldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Mente v. EisnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- Lansill v. BurnetCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
3Cited by23 opinions
- JONES'ESTATE v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Boomhower v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1947
- Hazen v. National Rifle Ass'n of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Williams v. BurnetDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1932
- Burton-Sutton Oil Co. v. Commissioner of Int. Rev.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
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