COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. TAYLOR

No. 7494.

122 F.2d 714 (1941)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. TAYLOR.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

August 22, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Cardozo, IV, Sp.Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key, Sp. Ass't. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for petitioner.

C. Brewster Rhoads, of Philadelphia, Pa. (John F. Headly, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for respondent.

Before BIGGS, MARIS and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The respondent taxpayer seeks to avoid the impact of a very recent decision of the United States Supreme Court.1 In 1934 he created a trust for the benefit of his four nephews and nieces. By its terms it provides life estates in choses in action in the named children with powers of appointment and remainders over. The provisions relevant to the principal case read:

"(a) Trustees shall divide the principal...

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