Legal Opinion

Harmount v. Commissioner

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 3, 1932No. 5872PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The decision sought to be reviewed is that of the United States Board of Tax Appeals sustaining a deficiency assessment by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue against the petitioner herein for income tax for the year 1920. The determination of the tax resulted from the disallowance of a deduction claimed for a bad debt against the Michigan Central Railroad" Company in the amount of $21,714.30.

The deduction was claimed- upon the following facts: The petitioner, a resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, was engaged in the lumber business under the name of the Harmount Tie & Lumber…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Burnet v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Lewellyn v. Electric Reduction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. Tracy v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
  4. Atlas Plaster & Fuel Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
  5. Wadsworth Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Crowell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
  2. Long v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
  3. TUNNEL RR v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  4. Milton Bradley Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944
  5. O'Rear v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1935

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