COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BECK'S ESTATE

No. 302.

129 F.2d 243 (1942)

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BECK'S ESTATE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 24, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key and Samuel H. Levy, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Cook, Nathan, Lehman & Greenman, of New York City (Ben Herzberg, of New York City, of counsel), for respondents.

Before SWAN, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The Gift Tax Act of 1932, §§ 501(a) and (b) and 506, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Acts, pages 580, 588, imposes a tax on "the transfer * * * of property by gift * * * whether the transfer is in trust or otherwise, whether the gift is direct or indirect, and whether the property is real or personal, tangible or intangible * * *"; and provides that "if the gift is made in property, the value thereof at the date of the gift shall be considered...

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