DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. McCARRON

Nos. 12777-12780.

235 F.2d 504 (1956)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. Joseph J. McCARRON et al., Respondents. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. Honoria A. McCARRON et al., Respondents. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. Catherine H. McCARRON et al., Respondents. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. Mary Grace MONTGOMERY et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George C. Updegraff, Asst. Corp. Counsel for District of Columbia, with whom Mr. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Mr. Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Mr. Hymie Nussbaum, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Henry E. Wixon, Asst. Corp. Counsel, also entered an appearance for petitioner.

Mr. John E. Powell, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Arthur P. Drury and John M. Lynham, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondents in all cases.

Before PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied March 5, 1956.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

These are petitions to review decisions of the District of Columbia Tax Court in inheritance tax cases. That court disposed of the cases in a careful, somewhat elaborate opinion. We shall not attempt to restate the whole of the matter but will indicate the controlling features.

The decedent was John F. McCarron. He had a brother, Joseph, who had a wife, Honoria, and she...

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