Legal Opinion
Markoff v. United States
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 8, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 2394PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, District Judge.
This is an action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(a)(1) wherein the plaintiff as executrix of the estate of Theodore Markoff, her late husband, seeks to recover a refund of estate taxes heretofore assessed against said estate and paid by her as such executrix. It was tried to the Court on an agreed statement of facts.
The facts of the instant litigation may be summarized briefly.. Theodore Mar-koff, late of Providence, Rhode Island, died testate on December 29, 1955. The plaintiff was duly appointed as executrix under his will by the Probate Court of the City of…
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