GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 1663.

267 F.Supp. 142 (1967)

George W. GRIFFIN, Jr. and William R. Griffin, Co-Executors of the Estate of George W. Griffin, deceased, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court E. D. Kentucky, Lexington Division.

January 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs.

Richard M. Roberts, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., George I. Cline, U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., David A. Wilson, Jr., Robert F. Sama, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.


OPINION

SWINFORD, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by the executors of the estate of George W. Griffin, deceased, asking for a refund of the federal estate taxes in the amount of $28,025.98 with interest.

George W. Griffin died testate on May 14, 1958. His will, duly admitted to probate, contained a bequest to the Kentucky Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, of $100,000 to be held in trust for his widow for life. The parts of the will involved...

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