In re Ewa Plantation Co.

The taxpayer has filed a petition to be allowed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the judgment of *73this court of January 27 last, reversing the decision of the tax appeal court and affirming the assessment made by the tax assessor. The facts shown by the records in the case are stated in the opinion of the court In Re Assessment of Taxes, Ewa Plantation Company, 18 Haw. 530, as follows:

“Ewa Plantation Company returned its gross income for the year 1906 at $1,907,928.77 derived almost entirely from sales of sugar. Against this it claimed a deduction of $1,290,-109.76 under the…