Poor v. White

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover an alleged overassessment and overpayment of an estate tax assessed upon the transfer of the net estate of Adelaide J. Sargent, deceased. The controversy arises over the act of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in including in the gross estate the value of certain property conveyed to trustees by the decedent. The case was heard upon an agreed statement of facts and evidence presented at the trial.

I find the facts to be as stipulated, and I further find from the evidence that the transfer was not made by the decedent in…