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Some Aspects Of Estate Planning In Tennessee, Alec B. Stevenson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Not many years ago a large New York bank circulated privately booklet with the provocative title "The Passing of the Simple Will." The choice of the title and the text itself underlined the complexities which surround the owner of property and his advisers when they jointly attempt to plan the disposition of a modern estate for modem needs. The now almost legendary owner of Blackacre could, indeed, write a simple will, quite effective and satisfactory as a plan for the disposition 'and use of the family property. One need scarcely recite the changes which have taken place in more recent …

A Planner's Primer, William M. Reynolds

Vanderbilt Law Review

Anyone undertaking an assignment to write within a few pages under this comprehensive title must limit his coverage. This general article on a subject as intangible as estate planning omits entirely or gives short treatment to many considerations which may be of great importance to the conscientious planning of relatively complicated estate situations. Emphasis will be placed on the tax aspects of estate planning, particularly federal taxes, but consideration will be given to other aspects which may be of equal or even greater importance. This deliberate emphasis is certainly not intended to add to the misleading impression, too frequently held, …

Transfers In Contemplation Of Death, Edward N. Polisher

Vanderbilt Law Review

The scope of this article is limited to the discussion of transfers prompted by motives associated with life and moral obligations; transfers made simultaneously with the execution of a will, or as a part of a plan of testamentary disposition; transfers of life insurance policies; and lastly, valuation of such transfers.

Book Reviews, Philip A. Hendrick, Charles L.B. Lowndes (Reviewer), Adrian W. Dewind (Reviewer), Chas. A. Morehead (Reviewer), John R. Stivers (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

An Estate Planner's Handbook By Mayo Adams Shattuck

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1948. Pp. 575. $7.50

reviewer: Philip A. Hendrick

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Estate Planning and Estate Tax Saving By Edward N. Polisher

Philadelphia: George T. Bisel Company. Second Edition, 1948. 2 Volumes. Pp. xxxii, 923. $20.00

reviewer: Charles L.B. Lowndes

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Federal Taxes--Corporations and Partnerships, 1948-49 By Robert H. Montgomery, Conrad B. Taylor and Mark E. Richardson

Vol. I: Gross Income and Deductions Vol. II: Taxes, Returns and Administration New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1948. Pp. xiii, 1001; pp. iv, 881. $20.00

Federal Taxes--Estates, Trusts and Gifts, 1948-49

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A Practitioner's Guide To Estate Planning In Washington (Part Ii), Charles Horowitz

Washington Law Review

Part II of this article begins with estate provisions.

From What Time Does A Will "Speak"?, Fowler V. Harper

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Trusts: Their Advantages And Disadvantages, Arthur Albertus Denico

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

This essay defines what a Trust is (circa 1899) and the numerous advantages and disadvantages a Trust can provide to a growing business, individual or society as a whole.