MEYER v. UNITED STATES

No. 199, Docket 21257.

175 F.2d 45 (1949)

MEYER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Woog, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

John F. X. McGohey, United States Attorney, New York City, John M. Cunneen, New York City, of counsel, for defendant-appellee.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant sued to recover a part of the income taxes she paid in the years 1940 and 1941 and this appeal from an adverse judgment presents identical issues for each year. They are whether she was entitled to a deduction for the amounts she paid, under the following circumstances, as premiums on two policies of insurance on the life of her son.

The appellant is the widow of Jonas Meyer who died in 1939 leaving a will in which she was...

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