Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Estate of Davenport v. Commissioner

376 U.S. 937

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1964-03-02
Topic
estate-planning

How later courts describe this case

  • disallowing marital deduction where widow relinquished to step-daughters property left by will in return for step-daughters’ agreement to allow probate of another will devis ing French property to widow
  • property left by decedent's will to his widow and relinquished by her to settle dispute with daughters over probate of another will does not qualify for marital deduction for federal estate tax purposes

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Estate of Davenport v. Commissioner. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Cited by
4 opinions

C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.