JAMES, District Judge.
Plaintiff paid a federal stamp tax, collected on account of a series of certificates issued by it in its business of buying and selling commercial securities. While in effect the transactions may have been substantially that of the purchase of securities on a margin, the plaintiff chose to frame its contracts differently. The purchaser signed a written order for the purchase of securities on installment payments, agreeing to pay the stated purchase...
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