Calvert v. Thompson

GRAY, Justice.. This is á suit to recover inheritance taxes paid under protest and the appeal is from a judgment awarding a recovery of taxes so paid.

On October 4, 1955 Hugh A. Thompson died testate and by his will disposed of his estate. The part of his will from which this 'controversy arose, and the only part material here, provides:

“All of the rest and residue of my property, real, personal and mixed, I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Cora Thompson, during her lifetime, with full power to sell or otherwise dispose of same, and at her death, to my children John W.…