HOCK v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 12991.

152 F.2d 574 (1945)

HOCK et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

December 27, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bakewell, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (John E. Cramer, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for petitioners.

Helen Goodner, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen. (Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sewall Key, J. Louis Monarch, and L. W. Post, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

Before GARDNER, THOMAS, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

The question on these petitions for review is whether the proceeds of a policy of insurance on the life of decedent, Edward H. Simmons, who died in 1937, are includible in his gross estate under section 302(g) of the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended by section 404 of the Revenue Act of 1934, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Acts, pages 227, 231.

The applicable statutory provisions are:

"Sec. 302. The value of the gross estate of the decedent...

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