In re the Estate of Scadron

Joseph A. Cox, S.

Motion is made to strike the objections filed by the United States to the administrator’s account. The objections assert a claim for an income tax deficiency for the year 1955.

The administrator prepared and filed an income tax computed on the decedent’s income for the year 1955. Upon completion and filing of the return the administrator paid this tax claim and the claims of other creditors of the decedent. The administrator contends that, because the claims of all creditors were paid in good faith, and, as a result, he is without estate funds with which to pay the…