Ferrando v. United States

245 F.2d 582 57-2 USTC P 11,702 Marguerite FERRANDO and Fred Ferrando, co-executors of the Last Will and Testament of Mario Ferrando, deceased; Edward Ferrari and George Ferrari, co-executors of the Last Will and Testament of Luigi Ferrari, deceased, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Nos. 15256, 15257. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 7, 1957. Henry W. Howard, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert N. Anderson, Marvin W. Weinstein, David O. Walter, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Lloyd H. Burke, U.S. Atty., Lynn J. Gillard, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. Before POPE, LEMMON and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges. LEMMON, Circuit Judge. 1 A former newsboy who sold papers at the very corner where stands the building in which this Court sits in San Francisco, and who is now one of the appellants in the instant case-- 2 A handwritten check with a false typewritten date-- 3 An admittedly defective Federal estate tax return filed 'just under the wire' before its due date-- 4 These are some of the highlights disclosed by the record in these two appeals. 1. Statement of the Case 5 These are…