MATHER & CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 9432.

171 F.2d 864 (1949)

MATHER & CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Spotts, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Thomas Stokes, of Philadelphia, Pa., William E. Koken, of Washington, D. C., and Pepper, Bodine & Stokes, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner.

S. Walter Shine, of Washington, D. C. (Theron Lamar Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., George A. Stinson and Lee A. Jackson, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., on the brief) for respondent.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN, and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges.


O'CONNELL, Circuit Judge.

The instant appeal raises the question of the propriety of a deduction for losses claimed by petitioner to have been incurred in the separate sales of two pieces of realty. We agree with the conclusion of the Tax Court that, under the applicable statutory provisions, the basis of petitioner, in computing its gain or loss on the sales, was "the same as that of the property in the hands of" the transferor to petitioner.1<...

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