FLANNERY v. WILLCUTS

No. 7966.

25 F.2d 951 (1928)

FLANNERY v. WILLCUTS, Collector of Internal Revenue.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

April 18, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Morgan, of St. Paul, Minn. (Davis, Severance & Morgan and Cleon Headley, all of St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Lafayette French, Jr., U. S. Atty., of St. Paul, Minn., and C. M. Charest, General Counsel Bureau of Internal Revenue, and T. H. Lewis, Jr., Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for defendant in error.

Before WALTER H. SANBORN and LEWIS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, District Judge.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Mary T. Hill died intestate November 22, 1921, aged 75 years, 4 months and 21 days; and the principal question in this case is whether certain gifts made by her were a part of her estate under the Revenue Act of 1918 (40 Stat. 1057), subject to the federal estate tax. She was the widow of James J. Hill, who died intestate May 29, 1916, leaving a large fortune in which her distributive share amounted in value to more than $16,000,000. The administrator...

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