Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

The question here involved is ■whether or not a certain trust executed by the decedent on June 12, 1930, was executed in contemplation of death, in the sense that phrase is used in Section 302 (c) of the Revenue Act of 1926, 44 Stat. 70, 26 U.S.C.A. § 411(c).

On this date of June 12, 1930, the de- ■ cedent executed an irrevocable trust to the -Chicago Title and Trust Company, as •trustee, providing for the transfer to it, in trust, of municipal bonds of the approximate face value of $850,000. This was approximately equal to the value of the prop•erty remaining in the decedent’s…