Electro-Chemical Engraving Co., Inc. v. Commissioner, 311 U.S. 513 (1941)

Electro-Chemical Engraving Co., Inc. v.


Commissioner of Internal Revenue
No. 62


Argued December 12, 1940
Decided January 6, 1941
311 U.S. 513

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Syllabus

A loss sustained by a corporation upon foreclosure sale of its mortgaged property held, in computing taxable income under the Revenue Act of 1934, deductible only to the limited extent allowed by §§ 23(j) and 117(d) for losses from "sale" or exchanges of capital assets. Helvering v. Hammel, ante, p. 504, followed. P. 514.

110 F.2d 614 affirmed.

Certiorari, 310 U.S. 622, to review the reversal of a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals redetermining a deficiency in income tax.