RYERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 495.

312 U.S. 405 (1941)

RYERSON ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William N. Haddad, with whom Mr. Walter T. Fisher was on the brief, for petitioners.

Solicitor General Biddle, with whom Assistant Attorney General Clark and Messrs. Sewall Key, J. Louis Monarch, and Thomas E. Harris were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a companion case to Helvering v. Hutchings, ante, p. 393, and United States v. Pelzer, ante, p. 399, and it presents the questions decided in those cases.

The sole question raised by the petition for certiorari is whether, under § 504 (b) of the Revenue Act of 1932, 47 Stat. 169, 247, the donor of property in trust for numerous beneficiaries is entitled to a single...

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