BENEDICT v. UNITED STATES

No. 48463.

81 F.Supp. 717 (1949)

BENEDICT et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Pearson, of New York City (William H. Harrar and Rathbone, Perry, Kelley & Drye, all of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs.

Elizabeth B. Davis, of Washington, D. C., and Asst. Atty. Gen. Theron Lamar Caudle, (Andrew D. Sharpe and Lee A. Jackson, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.


The terms of a will creating a trust required that 45% of the income of the trust be paid to a charitable corporation, and pursuant thereto such part of the total income of the trust for 1944 (after expenses), including long-term capital gains, was permanently set aside for such charitable use. The question is whether the trust is entitled under Section 162(a), 26 U.S.C.A. § 162(a), to deduct on the fiduciary return 45% of the full amount of the capital gains of $60...

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