Lyeth v. Hoey

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1938-12-05

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Mr. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether property received by petitioner from the estate of a decedent in compromise of his claim as an heir is taxable as income under the Revenue Act of 1932. Petitioner is a grandson of Mary B. Longyear who died in 1931, a resident of Massachusetts,…

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