Legal Opinion
Estate of Newton
California Supreme Court
Decided September 7, 1950No. L. A. 20827PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
The State Controller has appealed from an order sustaining objections to the report of the inheritance tax appraiser and fixing inheritance tax in the sum of $14.08, which was less by $31,105.19 than the amount fixed in the report.
The facts are not in dispute. A testamentary trust was *831created in the State of New York hy Charles E. Newton, the decedent’s father, who died a resident of that state on October 19, 1921. The trust provided for an income to the decedent during his life. Further provisions gave him the power by will to appoint his wife to take on his death a specified proportion of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Curry v. McCanlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Blackstone v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Bullen v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Schneider v. LaffoonOhio Supreme Court · 1965
- Estate of GiolittiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- State of California v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1953
- Estate of CoxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- Estate of BairdCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
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