LAMAR v. BOOKWALTER

No. 13113-3.

213 F.Supp. 860 (1962)

Maude H. LAMAR, Personally and as Executrix of the Estate of Frederick C. Lamar, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Edwin O. BOOKWALTER, District Director of Internal Revenue, Defendant, and United States of America, Intervenor.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

December 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Morris and Thomas E. King, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

F. Russell Millin, U. S. Atty., by Calvin K. Hamilton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.

Harvey G. Schneider of the Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.


DUNCAN, District Judge.

This action was instituted by the executrix to recover the sum of $70,456.89 plus interest, alleged to have been overpaid as Federal Estate Taxes by the estate of Frederick C. Lamar. The facts are not in dispute, and the question for determination by the court is one of law; whether or not the plaintiff, as deceased's widow, under the terms of his will was entitled to a marital deduction of 50%, or whether her interest was a terminable one...

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