Legal Opinion

Denman v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided December 8, 1932No. Docket Nos. 38030, 44028Published

The trustees of a municipally owned waterworks system do not exercise an essential governmental function in supplying water to the inhabitants of the proprietary city or to the city for its own uses.

1Opinion of the Court

C. S. DENMAN, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Denman v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 38030, 44028.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

27 B.T.A. 256; 1932 BTA LEXIS 1095;

December 8, 1932, Promulgated

The trustees of a municipally owned waterworks system do not exercise an essential governmental function in supplying water to the inhabitants of the proprietary city or to the city for its own uses.

A. F. Schaetzle, Esq., for the petitioner.

J. R. Johnston, Esq., for the respondent.

LANSDON

OPINION.

LANSDON: The respondent has asserted deficiencies in income tax for the years 1925,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Denman v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1932

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