GREENE v. UNITED STATES

No. 539-53.

171 F.Supp. 459 (1959)

A. Crawford GREENE and Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co., a Corporation, as Executors, etc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

March 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker W. Lowry, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs. Richard E. Guggenhime, Allan P. Matthew and Edward W. Rosston, San Francisco, Cal., were on the brief.

Theodore D. Peyser, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. James P. Garland and Lyle M. Turner, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.


JONES, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs1 seek a refund of taxes in the amount of $1,113,937.37, plus interest thereon, which amount was assessed and paid by reason of the inclusion of certain United States 3% Panama Canal loan bonds in the gross estate of the decedent for Federal estate tax purposes. Plaintiffs base their claim on the ground that the plain language of the statute authorizing the issuance of these bonds and the language on the face...

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