BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In this case the majority of the Tax Board held with the taxpayer that he had a deductible loss in 1929. The minority held otherwise. Both sides filed enlightening opinions. We agree with the majority, and our reasons for so holding we now set forth.
Ferree, the petitioner, owned 1,000 shares of Continental Can, purchased in August, 1929, the certificates of which he kept in a safety deposit box. On December 19, 1929, he sold, through...
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