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Helvering Vs. Fuller

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 22, 1940

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  1. Helvering Vs. Fitch US Supreme Court · Jan 29, 1940
  2. Gould Vs. Gould US Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1917
  3. Burnet Vs. Wells US Supreme Court · May 29, 1933
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  4. Douglas Vs. Willcuts US Supreme Court · Nov 11, 1935
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  5. U.S. 69 (1940) U.S. Supreme Court Helvering v. Fuller
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  6. U.S. 69 (1940) Helvering v. Fuller
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  7. We granted certiorari because of the asserted misapplication by the Circuit Court of Appeals of the rule of Douglas v. Willcuts
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  8. weekly payment to the wife. That is a continuing personal obligation falling within the rule of Douglas v. Willcuts
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  9. supra, as a result of which those payments are taxable to him, not to the wife. Gould v. Gould
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  10. the divorce decree. It seems to be admitted that, under Nevada law, the wife's allowance, once made, is final, Sweeney v. Sweeney
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  11. Nev. 431, 179 P. 638, unless the decree itself expressly reserves the power to modify it, Lewis v. Lewis
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  12. Nev. 398, 2 P.2d 131, or unless the decree approves a settlement which in turn provides for a modification. Aseltine v. Second
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  13. them, beyond his promise to transfer the securities to a trustee. But petitioner argues that the rule of Douglas v. Willcuts
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  14. in and to the property, he would cease to be the owner for purposes of the federal revenue acts. See Helvering v. Clifford
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  15. determines the status of the parties and their property after a decree dissolving the matrimonial bonds. See Barrett v. Failing
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  16. a uniform construction of national application, Congress frequently has made it dependent on state law. See Thomas v. Perkins
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  17. income from a trust applied to the payment of premiums upon insurance policies on his life was upheld in Burnet v. Wells
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  18. duty to support his divorced wife, and leave no continuing obligation, contingent or otherwise. Hence, under Helvering v. Fitch
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  19. in or control over the trust as to make him the owner of the corpus for purposes of the federal income tax. Helvering v. Clifford
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  20. Nor did petitioner brief or argue the point here. Hence, we do not pass on the applicability of the rule of Helvering v. Clifford
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  21. supra, to these facts. Cf. Helvering v. Wood
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  22. See Paul, Five Years with Douglas v. Willcuts
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  23. in the Page 310 U. S. 77 states where the finality of the settlement is clearly established. Compare Douglas v. Willcuts
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  24. and Helvering v. Leonard
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  25. obligation continues, the tax liability continues. If the obligation is ended, the tax liability is ended. In Douglas v. Willcuts
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  26. own conclusion as to what the local law was even though numerous state cases touched upon the subject. In Helvering v. Leonard
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  27. might be logically followed in the trust situation, but the choice of taxability of trust income was made in Douglas v. Willcuts
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  28. U.S. Supreme Court Helvering v. Fuller
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  29. of Douglas v. Willcuts
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  30. Sweeney v. Sweeney
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  31. Lewis v. Lewis
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  32. Aseltine v. Second
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  33. See Helvering v. Clifford
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  34. See Barrett v. Failing
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  35. See Thomas v. Perkins
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  36. Helvering v. Clifford
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  37. of Helvering v. Clifford
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  38. Cf. Helvering v. Wood
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  39. Compare Douglas v. Willcuts
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  40. In Douglas v. Willcuts
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  41. In Helvering v. Leonard
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