Legal Opinion

Essenfeld v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided October 31, 1961No. Docket No. 79079Published

Amounts received by petitioner from the employer of her deceased husband under the employment contract in effect at his death, held not excludible from her gross income as "life insurance."

1Opinion of the Court

Marian Essenfeld, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Essenfeld v. Commissioner

Docket No. 79079

United States Tax Court

37 T.C. 117; 1961 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 42;

October 31, 1961, Filed

Decision will be entered under Rule 50.

Amounts received by petitioner from the employer of her deceased husband under the employment contract in effect at his death, held not excludible from her gross income as "life insurance."

Samuel Byer, Esq., for the petitioner.

Hyman Maron, Esq., for the respondent.

Opper, Judge.

OPPER

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. D. Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. PopkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. United States v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. TreganowanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
  4. Haynes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Estate of Strauss v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1949

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