CROSBY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 718.

148 F.Supp. 810 (1957)

Frank A. CROSBY and P. E. Berry, individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Lewis G. Crosby, also known as L. G. Crosby, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

Supplemental Opinion February 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson & Brown, Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiffs.

C. W. Eggart, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for defendant.


DE VANE, Chief Judge.

Lewis G. Crosby, a resident of Pensacola, Florida, died intestate on February 27, 1950, leaving surviving him his wife and three children. On May 24, 1951, a Federal Estate Tax Return was filed showing his gross estate to be $2,145,299.81 and, claiming deductions in the sum of $729,177.58, a total net estate tax of $408,739.32. In order to secure release of Federal liens on some of the realty, the administrators paid to the Collector of Internal...

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