ESTATE OF HAZELTON, JR. v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 112055.

2 T.C.M. 450 (1943)

Estate of Ben F. Hazelton, Jr., Deceased, Irvin W. Lesher, Executor under the Last Will and Testament v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Entered July 14, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merwyn G. Leatherman, Esq., and Edwin W. Williams, Esq., 1600 Ohio Bldg., Toledo, O., for the petitioner. DeWitt M. Evans, Esq., for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

The Commissioner determined an estate tax deficiency of $41,395.26. The petitioner assails (1) the inclusion in the gross estate of the assets of a trust and (2) the valuation of a block of shares.

Findings of Fact

Ben F. Hazelton, Jr., died February 3, 1940. An estate tax return was filed May 2, 1941, in the Tenth District of Ohio, using February 3, 1941, as the optional valuation date.

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