CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, in 1934, inherited from her husband about 420 acres of land in the town of New Canaan, Conn., which was worth $560,340. In 1936, under threat of condemnation by the State of Connecticut, which wanted a part of this land for highway purposes, she deeded 33.6837 acres of it to the State and received in return $198,000. In the negotiations leading up to this conveyance the price was agreed to as a lump sum payment without any allocation...
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