Mack v. United States

TEHAN, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for refund of federal estate taxes paid to the United States on the net estate of Rudolph Mack, who died intestate on September 25, 1946. The plaintiffs in this action are the only heirs at law of the decedent.

In July, 1947, the administrators of decedent’s estate, pursuant to notice and demand from the Collector of Internal Revenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, paid an estate tax of $19,467.08. As a result of a subsequent examination by an Internal Revenue agent, a tax deficiency of $3,508.91 in decedent’s estate tax was reported. This deficiency arose…