Armata v. United States

Plaintiffs filed this suit for the refund of federal estate taxes in the amount of $139,469.44, paid with respect to the Estate of Eleanor L. Miles, deceased, plus statutory interest thereon. The case is presently before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiffs’ cross motion for summary judgment. We hold for the defendant, allowing its motion for summary judgment.

There is no genuine issue as to any material fact. Briefly stated, the facts are as follows. On November 1,1957, Eleanor L. Miles, the decedent, executed an inter-vivos trust agreement, transferring certain…