WYETH v. CROOKS

No. 1036.

33 F.2d 1018 (1928)

WYETH et al. v. CROOKS, Collector of Internal Revenue.

District Court, W. D. Missouri, St. Joseph Division.

November 19, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Phillip, of St. Joseph, Mo. (Culver, Phillip & Voorhees, of St. Joseph, Mo., and H. H. Asher, of Lawrence, Kan., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Harry L. Thomas, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Kansas City, Mo. (William L. Vandeventer, U. S. Atty., of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for defendant.


OTIS, District Judge.

This suit was brought to recover $35,979.77 (with interest), assessed as an additional estate tax on the estate of Huston Wyeth, deceased. The amount involved was based solely on the inclusion in the estate of amounts payable and paid to various beneficiaries and assignees on certain policies of insurance on the life of Wyeth.

These policies were 19 in number. Seven, aggregating $63,831.29, issued before the effective date of the Revenue...

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