IN RE BARTLETT'S ESTATE

Civ. A. 17521.

153 F.Supp. 674 (1957)

ESTATE of Clara B. BARTLETT, Deceased. George S. BROWN and Provident Trust Company, Plaintiffs, v. Francis R. SMITH, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robt. W. Greenfield, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., James X. Kilbridge, James P. Garland, Robert H. Showen, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


KRAFT, District Judge.

The questions presented for decision under the stipulated facts of this case are whether the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in applying the pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 and of the Treasury Regulations, erred in disallowing the estate's deductions from the gross estate of (a) charitable bequests1 and (b) expenses incurred in the sale of real estate.2

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