L. C. THOMSEN & SONS, INC. v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. 72-1949.

484 F.2d 954 (1973)

L. C. THOMSEN & SONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron L. Joseph, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred B. Ugast, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Carleton D. Powell, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., David J. Cannon, U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before KILEY, FAIRCHILD and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

In 1959 taxpayer, a manufacturer of bottling equipment, purchased insurance on the life of its exclusive distributor in California. He was killed in a fire in 1967, and insurance proceeds, including a regular death benefit, an accidental death benefit, and interest, totaling $50,444.92, were thereafter paid to taxpayer. At the time of his death, distributor owed the taxpayer $48,053.97. Taxpayer's receipt of the insurance proceeds, all of which...

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