SEDAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1744.

518 F.2d 242 (1975)

Herbert L. SEDAM and Ruth I. Sedam, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dennis M. Donohue, Atty., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Stanley B. Miller, U. S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Karl J. Stipher, Richard E. Aikman, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, SWYGERT and TONE, Circuit Judges.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals from a judgment of the District Court holding that a taxpayer was entitled to charitable deductions on his federal income tax returns under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 170) for payments made to a retirement home in connection with placing his mother in the home for her lifetime. We reverse that judgment.

Plaintiff Herbert L. Sedam, whom we shall call the taxpayer (his wife is a party...

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