Jewel Tea Co. v. United States
Jewel Tea Co. v. United States
Opinion of the Court
The sinking fund provisions of the preferred stock did not create any debtor and creditor relation. Hazel Atlas Glass. Co. v. Van Dyk & Reeves, Inc. (C.C.A.) 8 F.(2d) 716; Commissioner v. O. P. P. Holding Corporation (C.C.A.) 76 F.(2d) 11. United States v. Kirby Lumber Co., 284 U.S. 1, 52 S.Ct. 4, 76 L.Ed. 131, has, therefore, no application. The general rule is that a corporation receives no gain or loss from the purchase of its own stock. Johnson v. Commissioner (C.C.A.) 56 F.(2d) 58, certiorari denied Johnson v. Burnet, 286 U.S. 551, 52 S.Ct. 502, 76 L.Ed. 1287. And on the basis of the facts alleged in the amended complaint, the case is not within the exception recognized in. Commissioner v. S. A. Woods Mach. Co. (C.C.A.) 57 F.(2d) 635, certiorari denied 287 U.S. 613, 53 S.Ct. 15, 77 L.Ed. 532. Neither is the statement in the claim for
The motion of the defendant to dismiss is granted.
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- JEWEL TEA CO., Inc. v. UNITED STATES
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