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GREINER v. LEWELLYN

No. 187.

258 U.S. 384 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 324

66 L.Ed. 676

GREINER, EXECUTRIX OF KINGSLEY, v. LEWELLYN, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.D. Stewart and Mr. Levi Cooke, with whom Mr. Charles M. Thorp and Mr. R.G. Bostwick were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, with whom Mr. Robert P. Reeder, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the federal court for Western Pennsylvania against the Collector of Internal Revenue to recover part of an amount assessed as estate tax under the Act of September 8, 1916, c. 463, Title II, 39 Stat. 756, 777, and paid by the plaintiff as executrix of the estate of Kate B. Kingsley. In determining the net value of the estate upon the transfer of which the tax was imposed, the Collector...

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