MONROE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. Nos. 2196, 2437.

301 F.Supp. 762 (1969)

Mary Snyder MONROE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Washington, S. D.

May 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Wilson, Yakima, Wash., for plaintiff.

Smithmoore P. Myers, U. S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., and W. Forbes Ramsey, Atty., Tax Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


OPINION

POWELL, Chief Judge.

This opinion concerns two tax cases consolidated for trial. One is for a refund of income taxes and the other for a refund of gift taxes. Both arise from the same undisputed facts.

On July 14, 1937 James V. Monroe, husband of the plaintiff, executed his Last Will and Testament. Paragraph V of the will provided:

"There shall be reserved from my entire estate a life estate in MARY SNYDER MONROE, who shall be entitled...

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