State v. O'Leary

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to recover delinquent inheritance taxes on the estate of the late Mary Ellen O’Leary, a single woman, who died intestate on December 30, 1921.

At her death Miss O’Leary was the record title holder of certain town lots in Cherryvale, and other real estate in Montgomery, Labette and Comanche counties. Her only heirs were her two brothers, James and John T. O’Leary, defendants herein. Her estate was never administered under the supervision of the probate court.

The devolution of the estate did not come to the attention of the…