GOELET v. UNITED STATES


161 F.Supp. 305 (1958)

Robert G. GOELET, Francis Goelet and Henry B. Guthrie, as Trustees U/W of Robert W. Goelet (John Goelet), Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, and related cases.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 31, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shearman & Sterling & Wright, New York City, Paul R. Russell, George W. Sheldon, Jr., New York City, of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., New York City, Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.


BICKS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, heirs and trustees for heirs of Robert Walton Goelet, deceased, have brought this consolidated suit for refund of federal income taxes claiming that they are entitled to depreciation deductions on certain improved real property inherited from the testator.

The critical facts, to which the parties have agreed by stipulation, are briefly as follows: In 1929, Robert W. Goelet, the fee owner, demised a 28,000 square foot plot...

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