ESTATE OF HOWELL v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 63223.

28 T.C. 1193 (1957)

ESTATE OF WALLACE S. HOWELL, DECEASED, SELENA ELLEN HOWELL, ADMINISTRATRIX WITH WILL ANNEXED, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed September 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Nicholas, Esq., for the petitioner.

Mark H. Berliant, Esq., for the respondent.


OPINION.

MURDOCK, Judge:

The Commissioner determined a deficiency in the estate tax of the petitioner in the amount of $3,573.68. The only issue in this proceeding is whether the Commissioner correctly determined that the interest passing to the surviving spouse under the will of the decedent was a terminable interest within the purview of section 812 (e) (1) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 and, therefore, not allowable as part of the marital...

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