Putnam v. Commissioner

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1956-12-03

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Mr. Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner, Max Putnam, in December 1948, paid $9,005.21 to a Des Moines, Iowa, bank in discharge of his obligation as guarantor of the notes of Whitehouse Publishing Company. That corporation still had a corporate existence at the time of the payment but had ceased doing business and had disposed of its assets eighteen months earlier. The question fo…

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