Moody v. Hagen
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from an order and judgment of the District Court of Cass County reversing an order of the County Court and fixing the amount of an inheritance tax, Pollock, J. Intervener appeals. Aliens take only as the law provides.
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Appeal from an order and judgment of the District Court of Cass County reversing an order of the County Court and fixing the amount of an inheritance tax, Pollock, J. Intervener appeals. Aliens take only as the law provides. It was the common-law rule that aliens could not acquire title by descent; 2 A. R. O. 123, 124, 129, note; 1 R. C. L. 810, and note 18. The question of the propriety of a statute rests in legislative discretion, and an act may be declared unconstitutional only when it violates that instrument clearly, and in such a manner as to leave no reasonable doubt. Stewart v. Polk…
1Opinion of the Court
Bruce, Ch. T.
This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the-district court of Cass county reversing an order of the county court fixing the amount of the inheritance tax to be paid on the legacy of the-respondent Elina A. Skarderud.
Elina A. Skarderud is a subject and resident of Norway. She has-*483a sister and brother, one residing in Fargo, and the other in California, both of whom are citizens of the United States. These three are collateral heirs, and by will are given the entire property, real and personal, of Martin A. Hagen, deceased, who in his lifetime was a citizen of the United…
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