HENRY v. UNITED STATES

No. 581-57.

180 F.Supp. 597 (1960)

Josephine W. D. HENRY v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

February 3, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elden McFarland, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Robert Livingston, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. James P. Garland and Lyle M. Turner, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.


LITTLETON, Judge (Retired).

Plaintiff sues for a refund of income tax for the year 1948. The tax was paid pursuant to a determination by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that a loss of $27,873.50, claimed by plaintiff as an ordinary loss, fully deductible as such under section 23(e) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 26 U.S.C. (1952 ed.), § 23(e) (2), was a short-term capital loss arising from a non-business bad debt, under section 23(k) (4) of the...

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