ESTATE OF POLSTER v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 66617.

31 T.C. 874 (1959)

ESTATE OF JOHN C. POLSTER, DECEASED, MILTON A. POLSTER, AND J. PAUL ROCKLIN, EXECUTORS, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed January 28, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Fedder, Esq., and J. Paul Rocklin, Esq., for the petitioners.

John W. Holt, Esq., and William Schwerdtfeger, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined a deficiency in estate tax in the amount of $29,417.07. The question is whether a bequest to a religious organization qualifies for a deduction under section 812(d) of the 1939 Code.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

The petitioners are the executors of the estate of John C. Polster, who died, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, on July 29, 1952. The estate tax return was filed with the district director of internal revenue for the district of...

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