BECK v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Nos. 9976, 9977.

179 F.2d 688 (1950)

BECK v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

February 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allin H. Pierce, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Theron L. Caudle, Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson, Francis W. Sams, S. Walker Shine, Assistants Attorney General, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before KERNER, DUFFY, and FINNEGAN, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves taxpayers' income tax liabilities for the year 1943. In their returns taxpayers, under "Net gain (or loss)," each claimed a loss of $14,950 or one-half of $29,900 on the sale of certain unimproved real estate acquired in 1937. The Commissioner asserted that the loss was a long-term capital loss, allowed each taxpayer a loss of $7,475, and made a deficiency assessment. The Tax Court sustained the Commissioner. The sole question...

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