COHN v. UNITED STATES

No. 43569.

23 F.Supp. 534 (1938)

COHN v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

May 31, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur H. Friedman, of New York City, for plaintiff.

George H. Foster, of Chicago, Ill., and James W. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert N. Anderson and Fred K. Dyar, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

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


GREEN, Judge.

The facts in the case are stipulated. It appears that during the year 1932 plaintiff sold certain stocks and bonds held less than two years which had cost $84,361.25. On some of the securities sold there was a profit of $4,147.42; on others, there was a loss of $21,325.87. When all the sales of stock made by plaintiff in that year were combined, there was a net loss from such sales of $17,178.45. The net loss although shown by the return was not taken...

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