Legal Opinion

Howard M. Reineman and Helen Reineman v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 6, 1962No. 13460_1PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the Government from a judgment in the amount of $76,-052.60 with interest, entered in favor of plaintiffs 1 (.taxpayers) in a suit for refund of overpayment of personal federal income tax for the year 1954.

The case was tried to the court without-the intervention of a jury. The district, court sustained taxpayers’ claim that the-entire cost of six thoroughbred brood! mares over age ten purchased by taxpayers in November and December, 1954 for $102,608 was deductible in full in- the year of purchase, as depreciation “of property used in the trade or…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Raymond A. O'COnnOrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Aurora City Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
  3. Philip Mangone Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1931
  4. McDonnell v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1927
  5. Executors of the Estate of Barker v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1928

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. United States v. William J. DawsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
  2. John Geurkink and Catherine Geurkink v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
  3. Collins v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1974
  4. Rife v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1964
  5. United States Holding Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1965

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