BROOKS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 8135.

84 F.Supp. 622 (1949)

BROOKS v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

June 20, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farrand & Farrand, George E. Farrand, Knox Farrand, Ross C. Fisher, Stephen M. Farrand, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

James M. Carter, United States Attorney, E. H. Mitchell, Assistant United States Attorney, Eugene Harpole, Robert D. Scott and James D. Pettus, Special Attorneys, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Los Angeles, Cal., Eugene Harpole, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant.


McCORMICK, Chief Judge.

This is an action for the recovery of federal estate taxes assessed and collected by defendant in relation to the estate of John Hudson Poole, deceased.

As a result of a pretrial hearing and a trial on the merits the crucial and ultimate question for decision is the ascertainment as to whether under the entire record before the court the plaintiff has sustained her claim that the Government has wrongfully collected $11,071.97 from her...

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