SPEIGHTS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 17-61.

214 F.Supp. 24 (1962)

Lucy Huth SPEIGHTS, Executrix of the Estate of Charles H. Speights, also known as Charles Hall Speights, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

October 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer Sugarman, Passaic, N. J., for plaintiff.

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. U. S. Atty. Gen., Edward S. Smith, Jerome Fink, Leonard M. Goldberg, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


AUGELLI, District Judge.

This is an action by plaintiff, as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Charles H. Speights, for refund of $4,047.98 in estate taxes alleged to have been erroneously assessed against the estate and collected therefrom by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Shortly before his death, decedent transferred to his wife his interest in five life insurance policies on his life, of which she was the beneficiary, and also in the home...

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