Whitcomb v. Helvering

This case was brought here by writ of certiorari, The petitioner is a beneficiary of the trust created by the will of A. C. Whitcomb, and her status 2 differs from that of the- petitioner in No. 129 {ante, p. 35) only in the respect that she has a vested remainder, subject, in certain events, to be divested in favor of Harvard College. The Court of Appeals did not make’that circumstance the basis-of any distinction between her case and that of Freuler (No. 129). The petitioner therefore makes the same contentions which are there considered; but claims also, if her interest in the trust corpus…