UNITED STATES v. STAPF

No. 18974.

309 F.2d 592 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Dorothy Anne STAPF and B. T. Ware, II, Executors and Trustees of the Estate of Lowell H. Stapf, Deceased, and Dorothy Anne Stapf, Individually, Appellees. Dorothy Anne STAPF and B. T. Ware, II, Executors and Trustees of the Estate of Lowell H. Stapf, Deceased, and Dorothy Anne Stapf, Individually, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., H. Barefoot Sanders, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., John A. Bailey, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

W. M. Sutton, Amarillo, Tex., for appellees.

Before BROWN, WISDOM, and BELL, Circuit Judges.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an estate tax case. The opinion of the District Court is reported at 189 F.Supp. 830. Suit was filed by the executors of the estate of Lowell H. Stapf for a refund of estate taxes and interest paid pursuant to a deficiency asserted against the estate.

All facts have been stipulated. Mr. Stapf died testate on July 29, 1953, a Texas resident and domiciliary. His will was probated in...

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