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· 12/5/1961

Francis M. Cox, Jr., W. Bingham Cox and Robert M. Cox, Executors Under the Will of May Bingham Cox, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Citations

  • 297 F.2d 36
  • 9 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1853
  • 1961 U.S. App. LEXIS 3043

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  • characterizing the religious vows as a “contract,” which “under New York law[,] was enforceable against [the priest] according to its terms and the laws of the Society [of Jesus]”

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Judges: Clark, Hincks, Friendly

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