TURNER v. HASSETT

Civil Action No. 1990.

55 F.Supp. 637 (1944)

TURNER et al. v. HASSETT, Collector of Internal Revenue.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 15, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Woodward (of Haussermann, Davison & Shattuck), of Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Leland T. Atherton, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew D. Sharpe and Paul R. Russell, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Edmund J. Brandon, U. S. Atty., and George F. Garrity, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., on the the brief), for defendant.


SWEENEY, District Judge.

This action was brought for the purpose of recovering an alleged overpayment of a federal estate tax.

Findings of Fact.

Edward Lanning died on October 30, 1937, leaving a will of which the trust herein discussed was a part. The pertinent section of the trust provided that the named beneficiaries during their lives were to take the income from the trust. Upon the death of any of the first-named beneficiaries their respective...

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