MIDLAND EMPIRE PACKING CO. V. COMMISSIONER 14 T.C. 635 (1950) CASE BRIEF

MIDLAND EMPIRE PACKING CO. V. COMMISSIONER
14 T.C. 635 (1950)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over oil proofing a basement and whether it was a capital improvement or a repair.
FACTS: Midland (D) had to spend money to oil-proof its basement against an oil nuisance created by a neighboring refinery. D claimed it as an ordinary and necessary expense under 162(a) as a repair or in the alternative that it may be treated as the measure of loss sustained during the taxable year and not compensated for by insurance or otherwise under 165(a). The Commissioner contends that the expenditure is for a capital improvement and should be depreciated and not be deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense.

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