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ESTATE OF DAVIS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 6603-81.

79 T.C. 503 (1982)

ESTATE OF PLATT W. DAVIS, DECEASED, JANET H. DAVIS, EXECUTRIX, AND JANET H. DAVIS, SURVIVING SPOUSE, PETITIONERS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT

United States Tax Court.

Filed September 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Gano, for the petitioners.

David W. Johnson, for the respondent.

FEATHERSTON, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency in the amount of $4,533 in petitioners' Federal income tax for 1977. The issues for decision are whether petitioners are entitled to deductions for legal fees incurred (1) in litigation affecting their right to share in the Estate of Howard R. Hughes, Jr., deceased, and (2) in obtaining advice on whether they should put their separate assets in a revocable trust.

FINDINGS OF FACT

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