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COLORADO BANK v. COMM'R

No. 30.

305 U.S. 23 (1938)

COLORADO NATIONAL BANK ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morrison Shafroth, with whom Messrs. W.W. Grant and Henry W. Toll were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Carlton Fox, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Morris, and Mr. Sewall Key were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Edwin B. Hendrie of Denver, Colorado, January 26, 1925, executed a will wherein he gave his property, with relatively small exceptions, to trustees to be held for the benefit of his daughter, Gertrude Hendrie Grant, and her children. January 7, 1927, when eighty years old and in good health, he irrevocably conveyed in trust to the Colorado National Bank, securities of large value — perhaps $800,000...

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