Court Opinion

ID: 4482537
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-01-16 21:15:32.754741+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:48:29.128834
License: Public Domain

Quealt, J., dissenting: In this case, the petitioner admittedly had an equity in the property which he was renting. He owned the property in fee and had merely granted to the trust a term of years, giving the trust no greater interest than that of a lessee. Section 162(a) specifically limits the deduction for rentals to property “in which he [petitioner] has no equity.” Regardless of what may have been the intention of the Congress, and I find it difficult to believe that there was any intent to legitimatize this form of transaction, I find no justification for disregarding the clear language 'of the statute. Accordingly, I believe that the position of the respondent on this issue should be sustained.