Deen v. Crenshaw

This proceeding was instituted in the county court of Shelby county, by the clerk of that court, pursuant to chapter 174, Acts 1893, to collect a collateral inheritance tax on the estate of Hannah Jane Hall, who had died intestate in the county on the 16th day of March, 1912.

The method pursued was this: On the 17th day of March, the clerk of the county court, in compliance with section 12 of the act, appointed an appraiser to make a valuation of the estate for the purposes of the tax. On the 8th of October the appraiser filed his report; on the 10th of October'the parties claiming succession…