ESTATE OF DORSEY v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 24271.

19 T.C. 493 (1952)

ESTATE OF PUILIP DORSEY, DECEASED, ELEANOR G. BRUFF, EXECUTRIX, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated December 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Thomas, Esq., for the petitioner.

J. Nelson Anderson, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent has determined a deficiency in estate tax in the amount of $54,923.15. The deficiency is due principally to the disallowance of a charitable deduction claimed under section 812 (d) of the Code in the amount of $178,731.64.

The only issue for decision is whether the estate of the decedent is entitled to any deduction under section 812 (d) for a charitable bequest.

The estate tax return was filed with the collector for the district of Maryland...

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