Lichtenberger-Ferguson Co. v. Welch

HAZEL, District Judge.

In this case we are concerned with plaintiff’s asserted right to income tax deductions, as hereinafter stated. Coneededly, plaintiff’s books were kept on the accrual basis, one of two systems of keeping books relating to business transactions recognized by the Internal Revenue Department. In plaintiff’s income tax return filed for the year 1919, ’ it claimed a deduction of $38,559.17, arising out of the delivery of a series of promissory notes payable in monthly installments within the year 1920, and one note in January, 1921, given respectively to the La Fountain…