STRATMORE v. UNITED STATES

No. 17786.

420 F.2d 461 (1970)

Benjamin A. STRATMORE and Helen Stratmore, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1970.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Ruby, Dept. of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D. C. (Johnnie M. Walters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, William A. Friedlander, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Donald Horowitz, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellant.

Kenneth T. Statmore, Wayne, N. J., for appellee.

Before STALEY, SEITZ and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, taxpayers, brought an action in the district court for a refund of income taxes for the year 1959, contending that $17,088.00 they paid as guarantors of the promissory notes of corporations of which they were officers and stockholders was fully deductible either as a loss incurred in a transaction entered into for profit though not connected with a trade or business under section 165(c) (2) of the Internal...

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