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UNITED STATES v. WOODWARD

No. 811.

256 U.S. 632 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 615

65 L.Ed. 1131

UNITED STATES v. WOODWARD ET AL., EXECUTORS OF WOODWARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General and Mr. Frank Davis, Jr., Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.

Mr. E.J. Smyer for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the executors of Joseph H. Woodward, deceased, for money claimed to have been erroneously exacted from them as a tax on the income of his estate while in their hands.

The testator died December 15, 1917. The Revenue Act of 19161 "imposed upon the transfer of the net estate of every...

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