ROBERTSON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 9500.

199 F.Supp. 78 (1961)

Nan W. ROBERTSON, as Executrix of the Estate of James B. Robertson, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Alabama, S. D.

November 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee C. Bradley, Jr., Edward M. Selfe, and Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr. (of White, Bradley, Arant, All & Rose), Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff.

W. L. Longshore, U. S. Atty., and M. L. Tanner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James P. Garland, Charles Mehaffy, Thomas A. Frazier, Jr., and William C. Golden, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


LYNNE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff is the surviving spouse and executrix of the last will and testament of James S. Robertson, who died on April 7, 1952. Suing to recover the sum of $31,308.77, together with interest as allowed by law, plaintiff contends that the Commissioner erred in disallowing the claim of a marital deduction in the amount of $90,496.52, representing the interest passing to the wife under such will, insisting...

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