BENTLEY v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 56810.

32 T.C. 177 (1959)

COGSWELL BENTLEY AND GLADYS H. BENTLEY, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed April 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. O'Brien, Esq., for the petitioners.

A. Jesse Duke, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.


MULRONEY, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency in the petitioners' income tax for the year 1951 in the amount of $13,791.30. The issue is whether the petitioners understated the long-term capital gain realized from the sale of 400 shares of stock in the amount of $25,125 by overstating the basis of such stock.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

Some of the facts have been stipulated and they are hereby included by this reference.

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