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DRESSER v. UNITED STATES

No. H-362.

55 F.2d 499 (1932)

DRESSER et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

January 18, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Dresser, of Providence, R. I. (Robert E. Jacobson, of Providence, R. I., and Joseph Fairbanks, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Fred K. Dyar, of Washington, D. C., and Charles B. Rugg, Asst. Atty. Gen (George A. Mathers and Charles B. Lingamfelter, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

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

LITTLETON, Judge.

There are five issues in this case. The first four are all substantially the same, and are whether the decedent sustained deductible losses in 1918 and 1919 upon the acquisition by him in these years of certain shares of stock of the East Providence Water Company, the Nitrogen Products Company, the Nitrogen Corporation, and the Erie Specialty Company. The fifth question is whether the decedent was entitled to a deduction of $243,579.33, or any other...

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