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FARWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 11894.

243 F.2d 373 (1957)

John V. FARWELL, III, attorney in fact for John Goodridge, administrator of the estate of Mark S. Willing, deceased; Margaret Willing Farwell, Evelyn Pierrepont Willing Chinn, and Mark S. Willing, Jr., sole heirs at law and next of kin of Mark S. Willing, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Atwood, Chicago, Ill., Walker & Atwood, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellants.

Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mildred L. Seidman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Lee A. Jackson, Hilbert P. Zarky, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before LINDLEY and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges, and WHAM, District Judge.

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs filed their complaint in the district court seeking recovery of federal estate taxes assessed against and collected from the estate of Mark S. Willing, deceased. He is hereinafter referred to as the decedent. Suitable pleadings were filed and the facts were stipulated. After a hearing, the district court entered judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs have appealed.

We now relate the facts.

In October 1921, the...

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