ESTATE OF RIDDLE v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 33876.

21 T.C. 1109 (1954)

ESTATE OF LENA L. RIDDLE, DECEASED, GIRARD TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated March 31, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce A. Hammond, Jr., Esq., for the petitioner.

Jules I. Whitman, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent determined a deficiency of $42,065.63 in estate tax. In determining the deficiency the respondent disallowed as a charitable bequest a claimed deduction from the gross estate in the amount of $202,105.13. In addition, respondent increased by $100 the valuation of certain shares of stock, the propriety of which is not contested herein. The single question presented is whether petitioner's decedent made a valid charitable bequest under Pennsylvania law so as...

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