ESTATE OF MONTGOMERY v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 754-69.

56 T.C. 489 (1971)

ESTATE OF LAFAYETTE MONTGOMERY, DECEASED, TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA, ARTHUR L. MONTGOMERY, AND GEORGE A. MONTGOMERY, EXECUTORS, PETITIONER v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed June 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. E. Kilpatrick, for the petitioner.

James D. Burroughs, for the respondent.


WITHEY, Judge:

A deficiency in estate tax has been determined by the Commissioner against petitioner in the amount of $1,761,556.35. Decedent, Lafayette Montgomery, died October 31, 1964.

The primary issue herein is whether under section 2039, I.R.C. 1954, the proceeds of two alleged life insurance policies are to be included in decedent's gross estate in computing the estate tax thereon. An alternative issue...

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