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CONNECTICUT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 561, 562, 563, Dockets 71-1964, 71-1965 and 71-1966.

465 F.2d 760 (1972)

The CONNECTICUT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Executor of the Estate of Warren G. Horton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. The CONNECTICUT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Executor of the Estate of Charles F. Musk, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. The CONNECTICUT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Executor of the Estate of Mary Ann Musk, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Mason, Jr., Hartford, Conn. (Reid & Riege, P. C. and Thomas C. McKone, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard S. Halberstein, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Richard W. Perkins, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., D. of Conn., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE, ANDERSON and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

On June 14, 1965, Warren and Virginia Horton and Charles and Mary Ann Musk were killed when the car in which they were riding exploded after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck, owned by HMH Motor Service, while traveling the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia. The estate of Mrs. Horton is not involved in this litigation. Mr. and Mrs. Musk and Mr. Horton (the decedents) were domiciled...

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