COLLINS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 4-609.

266 F.Supp. 881 (1967)

Whitfield J. COLLINS, Independent Executor of the Estate of Gillis A. Johnson, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

April 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Howeth, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff.

Robert L. Waters, Pete Winstead, Attys., Tax Division Dept. of Justice, Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., District Judge.

This is an action for the refund of estate taxes which the taxpayer claims were erroneously and illegally assessed and collected with respect to the Estate of Gillis A. Johnson, whose date of death was September 29, 1962. The question presenting itself in this case is whether the Administrator may deduct 100% of the funeral expenses of the deceased from the gross estate or only 50% of such expenses...

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