Opinion

Commissioner v. Robinson

  • 103 F.2d 1009
  • 22 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1169
  • 22 A.F.T.R. (RIA) 1169
  • 1939 U.S. App. LEXIS 3725
Court
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Filed
Apr 12, 1939
Status
Published
On the bench
Ant, Hicks, Simons
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 71.1%

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

Upon petition to review a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals holding that shares of stock owned by the taxpayer on December 30th, 1930, ordered sold through a broker on that date and sold by the broker on December 31st, 1930, for less than their cost to the taxpayer identified a loss to the taxpayer recognizable in 1930 even though the shares were not delivered until January 3d, 1931, we have the same question decided by us in Huntington National Bank v. Commissioner, 6 Cir., 90 F.2d 876 , in reliance upon Ruml v. Commissioner, 2 Cir., 83 F.2d 257 , recently followed in Commissioner v. Dashiell, 7 Cir., 100 F.2d 625 . The contention, for the first time advanced, that gain or loss is to be recognized only upon the passing of title, which under the Uniform Sales Act takes place when shares of stock are delivered, may not control decision, since loss on sale of personal property is realized when “obligation to deliver is so fixed that the loss is reasonably certain in fact and ascertainable in amount”. Lucas v. American Code Co., 280 U.S. 445 , 50 S.Ct. 202 , 74 L.Ed. 538 , 67 A.L.R. 1010 . We adhere to the views expressed in the Huntington National Bank case, supra, wherefore it is ordered that the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals be and it is hereby affirmed.

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