LITTLETON, Judge (Retired).
The principal question here is whether certain gifts made by decedent, Bragg Hoover, to her four children during the period of three years before her death in 1952 were made "in contemplation of death." The Commissioner of Internal Revenue included such gifts in the gross estate of decedent for estate tax purposes, pursuant to Sections 811(c) (1) (A) and 811(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, as amended.
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