Case: Reese Drilling Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Abbreviation: Reese Drilling Co. v. Commissioner
Decision Date: 1930-01-14
Docket Number: Docket No. 27009
Citation: 18 B.T.A. 816
Volume: 18
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Reese Drilling Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: 
Pages: 816–819

Head Matter:
Reese Drilling Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket No. 27009.
Promulgated January 14, 1930.
B. I. Slaughter, Esq., for the petitioner
L. A. Luce, Esq., for the respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION.
Lansdon:
From the above findings of fact it follows that the petitioner is entitled to deductions of $11,518.55 for repairs and supplies erroneously capitalized; $10,089.11 for expense items carried in the personal account of Reese; $2,356.70 for additional teaming expense; $10,330 for commissions paid to secure drilling contracts ; and $144.35 for additional compensation insurance premiums. Deductions for depreciation on drilling tools and for depletion on the school house lease should be allowed on the basis of our findings.
The facts presented with respect to the remaining deductions claimed fail to justify their allowance. The evidence does not establish the cost of the automobile or the year in which it was discarded. Worthlessness in the taxable year of the debts and leases is not established. Campbell and Barry disputed their liability.
Decision will he entered under Bule 50.