Legal Opinion
Weyenberg v. United States
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 27, 1955No. Civ. A. 6141PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is a suit for refund of Federal estate taxes paid by plaintiffs as co-executors of the will of Sylvester A. Weyenberg, deceased. Most of the facts were stipulated by the parties for trial before the Court.
The decedent died on June 29, 1949, in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He left surviving him a widow and two sons. The widow was not the mother of the sons, one of whom was a minor and the other an incompetent during the period here material.
The will admitted to probate contained no provision for the surviving widow. Under Wisconsin Statutes, § 233.14, the widow…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Blair v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Lyeth v. HoeySupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Freuler v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Gallagher v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Uterhart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Estate of Edward F. Pipe, Deceased, Nettie M. Pipe v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- In Re Estate of GowlingIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
- Estate of Edward v. Babcock, Deceased, Mellon National Bank and Trust Company and Mary A. Babcock, Executors v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Estate of Wycoff v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1973
- Alexander v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1955
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