1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 151 F.Supp.
  5. 151 F.Supp. 202 (1957)
 

HIGHT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. 2279.

151 F.Supp. 202 (1957)

H. Wadsworth HIGHT, one of the Executors of the will of Alice F. COCHRAN, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Connecticut, Civil Division.

April 30, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Lyman of Bronson, Rice & Lyman, New Haven, Conn., Jackson J. Holtz, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Simon S. Cohen, U. S. Atty., Dist. of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., Frederic G. Rita, Special Asst. to Atty. Gen., for defendant.

ANDERSON, District Judge.

Alice F. Cochran died testate on January 24, 1939 while domiciled in New Haven, Connecticut. In her will, which was admitted to probate in New Haven, she left the residue of her estate "to such charitable, benevolent, religious or educational institutions as my executors hereinafter named may determine". The Commissioner of Internal Revenue assessed and collected an estate tax on the residuary estate in the amount of $369,180.88. Deductions...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases