Burnet v. Commonwealth Improvement Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1932-12-12

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Mr. Justice McReynolds delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondent — Commonwealth Improvement Company— all of whose shares are owned by the Estate of P. A. B. Widener (he died in 1915), made return concerning income and excess profits taxes for 1920 wherein it claimed deduction for loss occasioned by transfer of British-American Tobacco Company stock to t…

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