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WALDROP v. UNITED STATES

No. 174-54.

137 F.Supp. 753 (1956)

Frank C. WALDROP and William C. Shelton, Surviving Executors of the Estate of Eleanor Patterson, Deceased, v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund D. Campbell, Washington, D. C., John C. Ristine, Washington, D. C., and Jackson, Nash, Brophy, Barringer & Brooks, New York City, and Douglas, Obear & Campbell, Washington, D. C., on the briefs, for plaintiffs.

Elizabeth B. Davis, Washington, D. C., with whom was H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiffs are the executors of the will of Eleanor Patterson, a resident of the District of Columbia, who died on July 24, 1948. They sue to recover $633,814.88 of the $7,476,927.10 of estate tax which they have paid to the United States.

The decedent's gross estate amounted to $16,839,459.50. By her will she made specific bequests to individuals amounting to $5,181,208.97, and bequeathed to various persons annuities having a commuted value...

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