MacDonald v. Stubbs

This is a petition in equity under Rev. Stat. 1944, Chap. 142, Sec. 30, to the Probate Court in the County of Cumberland, brought by Philip H. MacDonald as executor of the Will of William G. Hunton, for abatement of inheritance tax. The case comes to the Law Court on Report by agreed statement of facts. The question for decision is whether the particular legacy provided by the terms of the will of the late William G. Hunton for Lafayette Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, of Readfield, Maine, is exempted by law from payment of inheritance tax.

William G. Hunton, late of Portland, died…