GULF, M. & N.R. CO. v. HELVERING

No. 413.

293 U.S. 295 (1934)

GULF, MOBILE & NORTHERN RAILROAD CO. v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George E.H. Goodner for petitioner.

Mr. Robert N. Anderson, with whom Assistant Attorney General Wideman and Messrs. Sewall Key and A.F. Prescott were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Certiorari was granted in this case "limited to the question of the right of the taxpayer to deductions on account of amortization of bond discount." At various dates between 1913 and 1916, Meridian & Memphis Railway Company sold its thirty-year 5% gold bonds at a discount. During the years 1924 to 1926, inclusive, while petitioner was the owner and holder of the entire bond issue, it joined with the Meridian...

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