OPINION
DRENNEN, Judge:
Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioners' income tax for the year 1959 in the amount of $8,000.65.
The only issue for decision is whether petitioners are entitled to a deduction for a fire loss in 1959 in the amount of $23,000.
All the facts were stipulated and are found accordingly.
Petitioners, husband and wife, resided in Houston, Tex., in 1959 and filed a joint Federal income tax return...
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