June 10, 1938. Montgomery, Peabody, Grace Derby, of New York City (J. Seymour Montgomery, Jr., James Lloyd Derby, and Frederic H. Poor, Jr., all of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff. Lamar Hardy, U.S. Atty., of New York City (George B. Schoonmaker, Asst. U.S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for defendant. PATTERSON, District Judge. The action is one at law to recover taxes paid under the Gift Tax Act of 1932. The Act (26 U.S.C.A. ยง 550) imposes a tax on transfers of property by gift