HERWIG v. UNITED STATES

No. 49561.

105 F.Supp. 384 (1952)

HERWIG et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Allison, New York City, for the plaintiff. Silverson & Allison, New York City, were on the briefs.

J. H. Sheppard, Washington, D. C., with whom was Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. Ellis N. Slack, for the defendant. Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., was on the brief.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.


HOWELL, Judge.

Plaintiffs seek to recover a portion of federal income taxes paid by them in the year 1945 on the proceeds received by plaintiff Krakower from the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation for the sale of the exclusive motion picture rights to her book "Forever Amber." As residents of California, plaintiffs each reported one-half of the amount received as income under the community property laws of that State.

The maiden name of plaintiff, Kathleen...

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