MANTON, Circuit Judge.
William C. Skinner, in his lifetime, paid taxes on returns filed in 1917, 1918, and 1919, and now his executors seek recovery for excess profits taxes due to errors made in computing the gain realized upon the sale of shares of stock. The taxpayer was the owner of 2,230 shares of Colt's Patent Fire Arms Company on March 1, 1913, valued then at $178 per share. Between March 1, 1913, and April 2, 1917, he purchased 387 shares and sold 1,477 shares...
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