Legal Opinion

Keck v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided June 15, 1948No. Docket No. 14534Published

On the record, held, the value of the corpus of an inter vivos trust executed by decedent is not includible in her gross estate under section 811 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as a transfer by trust intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after decedent's death, or as a transfer in contemplation of death.

1Opinion of the Court

Estate of Emma L. Keck, Deceased, Elizabeth Keck Leh, G. Edward Leh, and Andrew Saeger Keck, II, Executors, Petitioners, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Keck v. Commissioner

Docket No. 14534

United States Tax Court

10 T.C. 1121; 1948 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 157;

June 15, 1948, Promulgated

Decision will be entered under Rule 50.

On the record, held, the value of the corpus of an inter vivos trust executed by decedent is not includible in her gross estate under section 811 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as a transfer by trust intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Hassett v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. RothensiesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Commissioner v. Estate of FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Colorado National Bank v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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