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McCAUGHN v. REAL ESTATE LAND TITLE & TRUST COMPANY

No. 629.

297 U.S. 606 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 604

80 L.Ed. 879

McCAUGHN, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. REAL ESTATE LAND TITLE & TRUST CO. ET AL., EXECUTORS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Jackson argued the cause, and Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Morris, and Messrs. David E. Hudson, Sewall Key, and Carlton Fox filed a brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Franklin S. Edmonds for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

On February 9, 1920, Malcolm MacFarlan, a physician of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made a transfer of real estate and securities, of the value of upwards of $670,000, in trust for the benefit of his children and their wives and descendants. He died on December 8, 1921. As his death occurred within two years after the transfer, it fell within the terms of the statute creating a presumption that the transfer was...

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