Legal Opinion

McCormick v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided September 20, 1928No. Docket No. 22731Published

1. Amount of deduction for executors' commissions, attorneys' fees and miscellaneous administration expenses determined. 2. A pledge of decedent upon condition held not a debt of decedent where the condition was not met before her death. 3. Certain school property held properly included in decedent's gross estate. 4. Transfer to trust held not in contemplation of death or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after death.

1Opinion of the Court

CYRUS H. MCCORMICK, ANITA M. BLAINE, AND HAROLD F. MCCORMICK, EXECUTORS, ESTATE OF NETTIE FOWLER MCCORMICK, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

McCormick v. Commissioner

Docket No. 22731.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

13 B.T.A. 423; 1928 BTA LEXIS 3249;

September 20, 1928, Promulgated

1. Amount of deduction for executors' commissions, attorneys' fees and miscellaneous administration expenses determined.

2. A pledge of decedent upon condition held not a debt of decedent where the condition was not met before her death.

3. Certain school property held properly included in…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  2. Knowlton v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Nichols v. CoolidgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Schlesinger v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Barclay & Co. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1925

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