SMITH, District Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether an expenditure in 1941 in the amount of $3,559.62 should be allowed as a deduction from gross income as an ordinary and necessary expense. The applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code and of the Treasury Regulations are as follows:
Internal Revenue Code
"Sec. 23. Deductions from gross income.
"In computing net income there shall be allowed as deductions:
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