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WEMYSS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 9724.

144 F.2d 78 (1944)

WEMYSS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Granted December 4, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil Sims, of Nashville, Tenn. (J. W. Allen, Cecil Sims, and Bass, Berry & Sims, all of Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for petitioner.

I. Henry Kutz, of Washington, D. C. (Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Sewall Key, Robert N. Anderson, and I. Henry Kutz, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Granted December 4, 1944. See 65 S.Ct. 270.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

This gift tax litigation stems from a prenuptial contract in writing, dated May 24, 1939, between the petitioner, William H. Wemyss, and a widow, Mrs. Ellen Stokes More, whom he married on June 20, 1939. Sometime prior to the execution of the contract, petitioner made a proposal of marriage to Mrs. More. Her answer was that she would...

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