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Hoefle v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Mar 2, 1942
127 F.2d 293 (6th Cir. 1942)

Opinion

No. 8932.

March 2, 1942.

On Petition to Review Decision of the United States Board of Tax Appeals.

Clement V. Jacobs, of Dayton, Ohio, for petitioner.

Samuel O. Clark, Jr., J.P. Wenchel, Sewall Key, John M. Morawski, J. Louis Monarch, and Samuel H. Levy, all of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before ALLEN, HAMILTON, and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.


This case came on to be heard upon the briefs and record and oral argument of counsel, and the additional quotations of law and regulations filed by the petitioner; and it appearing that the Commissioner did not err in computing petitioner's profit on the sale of certain shares of common stock during the year 1933 by application of the formula laid down in Regulations 62, Art. 1567, promulgated under the Revenue Act of 1921. Baker v. Commissioner, 6 Cir., 115 F.2d 987; and it appearing that the petitioner failed to prove that the market values used by the Commissioner in the computation were erroneous (Helvering v. Taylor, 293 U.S. 507, 515, 55 S.Ct. 287, 79 L.Ed. 623); and no reversible error appearing in the record: It is ordered that the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals be and it hereby is affirmed.


Summaries of

Hoefle v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Mar 2, 1942
127 F.2d 293 (6th Cir. 1942)
Case details for

Hoefle v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Case Details

Full title:John J. HOEFLE, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Mar 2, 1942

Citations

127 F.2d 293 (6th Cir. 1942)