COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. Estate of Sternberger, 34

Decision Date06 November 1953
Docket NumberDocket 22701.,No. 34,34
Citation207 F.2d 600
PartiesCOMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. ESTATE of Louis STERNBERGER, The Chase National Bank of The City of New York, Executor, Respondent.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit

Melva M. Graney, Washington, D. C., H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Robert N. Anderson, Carlton Fox, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Edward S. Greenbaum, New York City, Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, New York City, William F. Wolff, Jr., Maurice C. Greenbaum, Charles E. Heming, New York City, of counsel, for respondent.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and A. N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment of the Tax Court is affirmed on the authority of Meierhof v. Higgins, 2 Cir., 129 F.2d 1002.

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