The People v. Metropolitan Trust Co.

The Metropolitan Trust Company, administrator with will annexed of the estate of Herman Bloomquist, deceased, has appealed from the judgment order of the county court of Cook county fixing the inheritance tax in that estate.

Herman Bloomquist died January 5, 1936, leaving Elenora S. Bloomquist, his wife, as his sole heir-at-law. His will, after making disposition of certain other property, gave the residuary estate to a trustee, with directions to pay the income to Elenora S. Bloomquist during the remainder of her life, and, upon her death, to distribute the remainder in accordance with her…