ESTATE OF RUTHRAUFF v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 8194.

9 T.C. 418 (1947)

ESTATE OF WILBUR B. RUTHRAUFF, DECEASED, BY ABBIE H. B. RUTHRAUFF AND FRANK BOURNE RUTHRAUFF, AS EXECUTORS UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILBUR B. RUTHRAUFF, DECEASED, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated September 25, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil P. Cullom, Esq., for the petitioners.

Francis X. Gallagher, Esq., for the respondent.


This proceeding involves a deficiency in estate tax in the amount of $48,423.17, and arises upon petition of the estate for a redetermination of this deficiency. The principal question presented is whether the proceeds of certain policies of insurance on the life of the decedent, which policies were transferred to two irrevocable trusts by the decedent during his lifetime, are includible in his estate. The other question is whether decedent's estate is entitled to certain...

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