Hull v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident of California, appeals from a judgment against her in her suit against the defendant, a national bank, located in Illinois, to recover a deficiency tax of $10,000 assessed against the estate of Emma Hull, deceased, with interest thereon and attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith. The issue in the District Court and now upon review is a rather simple one, depending for its solution upon whether defendant, as executor, in settling the inheritance and estate taxes upon the estate of George Firmenich, deceased, was justified, in…