Estate of Cohn v. United States

LEVET, District Judge.

In this action the plaintiffs seek to recover certain estate taxes. The case was tried before the court without a jury. The facts were stipulated.

After examining the stipulations, the pleadings, the briefs and the proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law •submitted by counsel, this court makes the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law:

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. The decedent, Fanny Sicher Cohn, died on September 8, 1960. Her Last Will and Testament was admitted to probate in the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, and on September 29, 1960 Letters Testamentary…