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WHITCOMB v. HELVERING

No. 145.

291 U.S. 53 (1934)

LOUISE A. WHITCOMB v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Claude R. Branch, Felix T. Smith, W.W. Spalding, and Robert A. Littleton were on the brief for petitioner.

Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Erwin N. Griswold, Sewall Key, and John MacC. Hudson were on the brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case was brought here by writ of certiorari.1 The petitioner is a beneficiary of the trust created by the will of A.C. Whitcomb, and her status2 differs from that of the petitioner in No. 129 (ante, p. 35) only in the respect that she has a vested remainder, subject, in certain events, to be divested...

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