Orr v. Gilman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY-OF NEW YORK. David Dows, Senior, a citizen and resident of the city and State of New York, died March 30, 1890, leaving a last will and testament, which was duly admitted to probate by the Surrogate’s Court of New York County on April 14, 1890. The will provided that the. legal title to the property mentioned and described in the sixth clause thereof should vest in the executors’ names as trustees during the lifetime of testator’s…
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ERROR TO THE SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY-OF NEW YORK. David Dows, Senior, a citizen and resident of the city and State of New York, died March 30, 1890, leaving a last will and testament, which was duly admitted to probate by the Surrogate’s Court of New York County on April 14, 1890. The will provided that the. legal title to the property mentioned and described in the sixth clause thereof should vest in the executors’ names as trustees during the lifetime of testator’s son, David Dows, Jr.,' with-power to manage and control the sajme, and with the duty to pay the net income therefrom to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
This is the case óf a so-called transfer tax imposed under the laws of the State of New York. The various contentions of the plaintiffs in error, attacking the validity of the tax, were overruled by the courts of the State, and the cause is now before us on the general proposition that by the proceedings the plaintiffs in error, or those whom they represent as trustees and guardiáns, have been deprived of the equal protection of the laws of the State of New York, their privileges and immunities as citizens of the United States have been abridged, and their •property taken without due process…
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