Case Name: Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1928-10-30
Citations: 13 B.T.A. 1289
Docket Number: Docket No. 12185
Parties: Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: Phillips, GReen, and MillikeN dissent.
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Volume: 13
Pages: 1289–1291

Head Matter:
Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket No. 12185.
Promulgated October 30, 1928.
Gourtland Kelsey, Esq., for the petitioner.
F. R. Shearer, Esq., for the respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION.
Tkammeli, :
The petitioner contends that the attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred by it in defending itself against the indictments were ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on its trade or business and were deductible from its gross income,
Upon the authority of the cases of Columbus Bread Co., 4 B. T. A. 1126, and Great Northern Railroad Co., 10 B. T. A. 1347, it is held that the amounts in question are not deductible.
Reviewed by the Board.
Judgment will be entered under Rule 50.
Phillips, GReen, and MillikeN dissent.