UNITED STATES v. TRUAX

No. 15356.

223 F.2d 229 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Dorothy B. TRUAX, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Layton E. Truax, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Kelley, Jr., Ellis N. Slack, A. F. Prescott, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Calhoun, U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., for appellant.

Green B. Everett, Reidsville, Ga., T. Ross Sharpe, Lyons, Ga., Sharpe & Layne, Lyons, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The sole question here is whether appellee, the named beneficiary and the recipient of the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of her deceased husband, is liable as a transferee for the husband's unpaid income taxes in an amount exceeding the cash surrender value of the policy, where the husband died insolvent.

The facts in the record are undisputed. Appellee is the widow and administratrix of Layton E. Truax, who died insolvent...

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