MARTIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1229.

780 F.2d 1147 (1986)

Walter A. MARTIN, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha B. Brissette (Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup, Robert A. Bernstein, J. Frederick Motz, United States Atty., on brief), for appellant.

Albert J. Matricciani, Jr. (Clapp, Somerville, Honemann & Beach, Roy Dragone, on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Here the question is purely one of construction of a testamentary interest, raised by cross-motions for summary judgment, one by a taxpayer, one by the Government. We make the construction to ascertain whether the estate of a decedent, who was a life beneficiary of a testamentary trust with power of appointment, should, for federal estate tax purposes, have included the value of the property subject to the power of appointment. The decedent...

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