MacDONALD v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 54-66.

139 F.Supp. 598 (1956)

Russell MacDONALD and Edmund J. MacDonald, Executors under the Will of John MacDonald, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

March 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Sullivan, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Anthony Julian, U. S. Atty., Arthur I. Weinberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., for defendant.


ALDRICH, District Judge.

This is an action to recover a gift tax. The tax was assessed and paid on account of a gift in 1946 by a United States citizen, to his three children, of land situated in the Dominion of Canada. A stipulation of facts has been filed, on which defendant moves for summary judgment. Two questions are presented, — did Congress intend to tax such gifts of foreign land, and did it have the power to?

The statute provides as follows...

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