MURPHY v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 6097.

4 T.C.M. 813 (1945)

Edgar G. Murphy, Jr., and Alice C. Murphy, His Wife v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Entered July 28, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Andrews, Esq., for the petitioners. Clay C. Holmes, Esq., for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

OPPER, Judge:

The major portion of a deficiency in income tax for the year 1941 in the amount of $529.59 is contested in this proceeding. The issue is whether the sale by Edgar G. Murphy, Jr., hereinafter called petitioner, of certain stock resulted in a deductible loss as petitioner contends, or in taxable gain as determined by respondent. The answer depends upon whether petitioner is entitled to include in his basis...

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