ESTATE OF SMALLWOOD v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 13564.

11 T.C. 740 (1948)

ESTATE OF ALBERT DECAEN SMALLWOOD, THOMAS H. SMALLWOOD, WILLIAM P. SMALLWOOD, AND EDWARD A. SMALLWOOD, EXECUTORS, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated November 1, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Gammans, Esq., for the petitioners.

Ellyne E. Strickland, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $133,038.26 in estate tax. The only question for decision is whether the petitioner was a citizen of the United States within the meaning of section 802 of the Internal Revenue Code for Federal estate tax purposes.

The Government of Puerto Rico has filed a brief amicus curiae.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

The decedent died on July 21, 1944. The estate tax return was filed with the collector of internal revenue...

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