WOODRUFF v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 10387.

131 F.2d 429 (1942)

WOODRUFF v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. McClure, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Joseph M. Jones and Sewall Key, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and J. P. Wenchel, Chief Counsel, and Charles E. Lowery, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, all of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

In 1934 and in 1935 George Woodruff exchanged Coca-Cola International Corporation stock for stock in The Coca-Cola Company, and immediately delivered the latter stock in consummation of short sales entered into in previous years. The question for decision is whether the transaction involved an exchange and a sale or whether, by reason of the relative coincidence of time and intent, it should be considered as but one transaction for tax purposes...

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