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    proprietary interest in the business; we think instead that the taxpayer’s investment includes certain values which are properly “ treated as his investment,” cf. Reisinger v. Commissioner, 144 F. 2d 475, 477-478 (C. A. 2d Cir. 1944), though not having cost to the tax­payer. C'f. I. R. C. § 723. It would have been an oddity for Congress to make the inclusion of actual capital con­tributions in equity invested capital turn upon whether the transferor owned or failed to own one or two shares of stock in the corporation at the time of the transfer.11* The decision of this Court in LaBelle Iron Works v. United States, 256 U. S. 377 (1921), is not to the con­trary. That case was decided under the excess profits tax law of 1917 in which “invested capital” was defined as “ (1) Actual cash paid in, (2) the actual cash value of tangible property paid in other than cash, for stock or shares . . . at the time of such payment . . . and (3) paid in or earned surplus and undivided profits used or employed in the business. . . .” The Court held that neither unearned appreciation in value of the taxpayer’s ore lands nor the surrender of old stock in exchange for new issues based upon that value, could be regarded as “ the actual cash value of tangible property paid in other than cash” or as “paid in or earned surplus and undivided profits.” The includability of contributions by outsiders in invested capital was not passed upon.17 ? 18 See 2 Montgomery’s Federal Taxes—Corporations and Part.ner- . ships— 17 In. 1S9o4u6t-h4e7r,n p .P 3a7c2,. Co. v. Edward s, 57 F. 2d 891 (S. D. N". Y. 1932), the court held that a capital donation originating with a non­sutnodcekrh otlhdee r1 9w17a sA citn.c luHdoabwleev eirn, icnovnetsrtiebdu tciaopnist atlo acsa p“itpaali da cicno usnutr pflruosm” souurtpsliduesr sr atahreer otfhtaenn atsh poauigdh-ti n osfu rapsl ucs,o nsterei beu. tge.d, Hoora gdloannadt,e dC ocrappoirtaal­tion Finance 555 (3d ed. 1947); we think that for this reason among eoxtcheesrss pCroofnigtrse tsasx aprdodveids iotnhse oft etrhme 1“9c4o0n tArcitb,u taiso int htao d' ctaop itthael ”R etvoe ntuhee •10 BROWN SHOE CO. v. COMMISSIONER.