WATERMAN'S ESTATE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV.

No. 95, Docket 22101.

195 F.2d 244 (1952)

WATERMAN'S ESTATE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, John M. Veague, Jr., John Westbrook Fager and Donald M. Harris, all of New York City, of counsel for petitioner.

Ellis N. Slack, Melva M. Graney, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before SWAN, CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

When Frank D. Waterman died in 1938, he left as part of his estate, of which Frank S. Waterman is the sole surviving executor and the petitioner herein, a non-interest bearing bill of exchange for ten thousand pounds signed by L. G. Sloan, Ltd., of London, England. That bill of exchange was valued for estate tax purposes at $46,806.94.

In 1945, the obligation was paid by depositing ten thousand pounds to the credit of the petitioner in...

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