BREWSTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 42026.

9 F.Supp. 686 (1935)

BREWSTER v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

February 4, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marvin Haynes, of Washington, D. C. (Robert H. Montgomery, of Washington, D. C., and Thomas G. Haight, of Jersey City, N. J., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Joseph H. Sheppard, of Washington, D. C., and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHALEY, WILLIAMS, and GREEN, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

It is not denied that the income here in dispute received by plaintiff from her father's estate would have been taxable to her had she not entered into a contract with her brother Paul providing for the payment of a portion thereof to him. The character of the income rendered it taxable under the statute and the only question is whether the payments to her brother, in fulfillment of her agreement with him, had the effect of transferring the tax liability...

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