Helvering v. Price

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1940-03-25

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Mr. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondent in his income tax return for 1932 claimed a deduction for a loss upon a contract of guaranty. The Board of Tax Appeals sustained the Commissioner in refusing to allow the deduction, and the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. <a href="/opinion/698044…

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