GOFFE, Judge:
The Commissioner determined deficiencies in Federal income tax for the taxable year 1971 in the amount of $12,644. The issues for decision are as follows:
(1) Whether legal expenses paid by petitioner Fay T. Cruttenden to recover securities from a brokerage firm of which she was a shareholder represent a loss on a transaction entered into for profit under section 165(c)(2),
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