GREISS v. UNITED STATES

No. 54 C 24.

146 F.Supp. 505 (1956)

Harry W. GREISS, as Executor of the last Will and Codicil thereto of Robert S. Clarke, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

December 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dent, Hampton & Doten, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

R. Tieken, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


CAMPBELL, District Judge.

The question presented is whether the North Shore Sportsman's Club is a corporation organized and operated exclusively for scientific, educational or charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 812(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 26 U.S.C. § 812(d). If it is, then the decedent's estate is entitled to an estate tax deduction since the amount bequeathed to that club would not be included in the decedent's net estate as that...

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