Case: B. S. Catlett, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Abbreviation: Catlett v. Commissioner
Decision Date: 1927-06-07
Docket Number: Docket No. 12032
Citation: 7 B.T.A. 213
Volume: 7
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: B. S. Catlett, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: 
Pages: 213–213

Head Matter:
B. S. Catlett, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket No. 12032.
Promulgated June 7, 1927.
Reuben Ragland, Esq., for the petitioner.
Henry Ravenel, Esq., for the respondent.

Opinion:
Smith :
This is a proceeding for the redetermination of a deficiency in income tax for the year 1923 in the amount of $324.26. In 1923 the petitioner sold 91 shares of capital stock of Consolidated Naval Stores Co. at $180 per share. Most of this stock was acquired by the petitioner in 1908 or 1909. The petitioner has no record and no recollection as to the amount paid for the stock. The fair market price or value of the stock on March 1, 1913, was at least $240 per share. The petitioner contends that he sustained a loss upon the sale of the stock in 1923 of the difference between the sale price of $180 per share and the March 1, 1913, value of $240 per share. The respondent has disallowed the claim by reason of the fact that there is no evidence that the cost of the stock to the petitioner was less than the selling price in 1923.
Judgment will be entered for the respondent.