HUTCHINGS-SEALY NAT. BANK v. COMMISSIONER OF INT. REV.

No. 10757.

141 F.2d 422 (1944)

HUTCHINGS-SEALY NAT. BANK OF GALVESTON v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Lain and James G. Howard, both of Galveston, Tex., for petitioner.

Elizabeth B. Davis, Sewall Key, and J. Louis Monarch, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. P. Wenchel, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Ralph F. Staubly, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Mary M. Hutchings in 1935 by deed made an irrevocable conveyance of property to two of her sons for the benefit of themselves and five other of her children, all adults. In settling the gift taxes the Commissioner allowed only one exclusion of $5,000, holding the trust to be the single donee. This court reversed, holding there were seven donees and there should be seven exclusions. Hutchings v. Commissioner, 5 Cir., 111 F.2d...

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