Rittenberg v. United States

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

This suit involves the disallowance of certain deductions claimed by the plaintiff as business expenses in his federal income tax returns for the years 1951, 1952 and 1953,

In 1949 the taxpayer was negotiating with the Federal Housing Administration for insurance of a 35-year loan which was to finance the construction of an apartment building. A corporation, called Wohl, Inc., was to be formed to carry out the project and own and manage the apartments. The owners of the lot on which the building was to be constructed refused to lease it at less than $12,000 per…