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HUGHES v. SUN LIFE ASSUR. CO. OF CANADA

No. 9042.

159 F.2d 110 (1946)

HUGHES et ux. v. SUN LIFE ASSUR. CO. OF CANADA et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 24, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Sheran, of Mankato, Minn., Hubert E. Page, of Chicago, Ill., and Gallagher, Farrish & Sheran, of Mankato, Minn., for appellants.

Floyd E. Thompson and Max Bloomstein, Jr., of Chicago, Ill. (Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson & Raymond, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellees Meta S. Hughes and others.

John R. Heath, of Chicago, Ill. (Cameron, Heath & Burry, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee First Nat. Bank of Chicago.

Arthur D. Welton, Jr., of Chicago, Ill. (Winston, Strawn & Shaw, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada.

Before EVANS, KERNER, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action to declare defendants subject to the duty of recompensing plaintiffs for money paid in settlement of a claim for federal estate taxes on account of the transfer of $945,000 by Mary H. Hughes during her lifetime. The case was tried by the court. The court made special findings of fact, rendered its conclusions of law thereon, and entered a decree dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for want of equity. To reverse the...

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