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BECKERS v. UNITED STATES

No. K-263.

42 F.2d 300 (1930)

BECKERS v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

June 2, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Craig Peacock, of Washington, D. C. (C. E. Koss, of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff.

J. H. Sheppard, of Washington, D. C., and Charles B. Rugg, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Ottamar Hamele, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and WILLIAMS, LITTLETON, and GREEN, Judges.

BOOTH, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff purchased in 1915 stock of the W. Beckers Aniline and Chemical Works of the value of $325,000. In 1916 the plaintiff received from the corporation a stock dividend of the value of $325,000, and in 1917 another stock dividend of the value of $325,000 was declared by the corporation. In 1917 the plaintiff sold his entire holdings in the corporation for $1,419,583.50, receiving a cash payment in 1917 of $891,250, and $528,333.50 in...

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