ESTATE OF CUTLER v. COMMISSIONER

Docket Nos. 3684, 3683.

5 T.C. 1304 (1945)

ESTATE OF NATHAN P. CUTLER (JR.) DECEASED, NEWTON TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. NEWTON TRUST COMPANY, TRANSFEREE AND TRUSTEE, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated December 27, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Shaw, Esq., for the petitioners.

Charles P. Reilly, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent determined a deficiency in Federal estate tax in the amount of $22,221.89 against the estate of Nathan P. Cutler, Jr. This is contested in Docket No. 3684. This proceeding involves two questions. The first is the measure of the value of the property includible in the gross estate by reason of the exercise by the decedent in his will of a power of appointment. The second is whether certain bequests to charities are allowable as deductions from the gross estate,...

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