BINGHAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 83.

296 U.S. 211 (1935)

BINGHAM ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George S. Fuller for petitioners.

Mr. David E. Hudson, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Wideman, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Arnold Raum were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the construction and constitutionality, as applied, of § 402 (f) of the Revenue Act of 1918, which provides that the value of the gross estate of the decedent shall be determined by including the value, at the time of his death, of all property "(f) to the extent of the amount receivable by the executor as insurance under policies taken out...

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