Legal Opinion

Hadaway v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided October 12, 1928No. Docket No. 12717Published

Loss. - Where ground is prepared and planted for the raising of cranberries and where its value is completely destroyed by overflow or seepage of water from natural causes, the cost of preparation and planting is a deductible loss.

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN B. HADAWAY, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Hadaway v. Commissioner

Docket No. 12717.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

13 B.T.A. 986; 1928 BTA LEXIS 3136;

October 12, 1928, Promulgated

Loss. - Where ground is prepared and planted for the raising of cranberries and where its value is completely destroyed by overflow or seepage of water from natural causes, the cost of preparation and planting is a deductible loss.

F. O. Graves, Esq., and H. W. Kenway, Esq., for the petitioner.

Brice Toole, Esq., and Philip A. Carroll, Esq., for the respondent.

MILLIKEN

Petitioner asks…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hadaway v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1928

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