MITCHELL v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 27, Docket 21665.

187 F.2d 706 (1951)

MITCHELL v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. Lee, New York City, (Charles L. Kades, John F. B. Mitchell, Jr. and Edwin A. Margolius, all of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Theron Lamar Caudle, Washington, D. C., (Ellis N. Slack and Harry Baum, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondent.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and SWAN and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The Tax Court made this ruling: Where a taxpayer partially charges off a note and later in the same taxable year sells the note at a price equal to the reduced value remaining after the charge-off, the taxpayer may not deduct the amount of the charge-off under 26 U.S.C.A. § 23(k) but is entitled solely to a capital loss deduction on the sale. We do not agree with this blanket generalization. The situation is not the equivalent of a sale...

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