BINTLIFF v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-3273 Summary Calendar.

462 F.2d 403 (1972)

Mrs. Ann H. BINTLIFF, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Charles Victor Bintliff, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roby Hadden, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Ben A. Douglas, Atty. Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Dallas, Tex., Fred B. Ugast, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Loring W. Post, David English Carmack, Attys. Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Deene Goodlaw Solomon, Arnold & Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., for appellee; W. H. Arnold, III, Thomas S. Arnold, Richard L. Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., of counsel.

W. H. Arnold, Jr., amicus curiae.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

There are three points raised in this appeal, two of which are ruled by precedents that the trial court accurately appraised. We are compelled to reverse on the third point, even though the trial judge had no opportunity to confront it. He is not blessed, as none of us would be, with the clairvoyance to foresee that the Government would rely on a proposition of law in the appellate court for the first time.

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