ESTATE OF THEIS v. C.I.R.

No. 84-3598.

770 F.2d 981 (1985)

ESTATE OF Charles Fred THEIS, Deceased, Laura Watson and Guy W. Theis, Co-Personal Representatives, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee. ESTATE OF Mary L. THEIS, Deceased, Laura Watson and Guy W. Theis, Co-Personal Representatives, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Davidson, III, Rockville, Md., for petitioners-appellants.

Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Michael L. Paup, Gilbert S. Rothenberg, Beth A. Sabbath, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tax Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before HENDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the tax court, 81 T.C. 741 (1983), finding that the balances due on certain mortgages were not deductible by the appellants' estates under 26 U.S.C. § 2053. The pertinent facts which were stipulated to are as follows. Mary L. Theis (decedent/wife) died June 29, 1976 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her husband, Charles Fred Theis (decedent/husband) died April 18, 1977 also in...

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