Anderson v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

• This is a petition in equity filed in the Probate Court under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 65, § 30, in which the petitioners, as they are executors of the will of Robert J. Dunkle, seek to have determined the validity of certain legacy and succession taxes with respect to their rights or interests under an agreement to which the testator was a party. The case comes before us on the appeal of the petitioners from the decree entered by the judge, adjudging “that the interest in the partnership agreement ... including future payments referred to in said agreement under paragraph #10 passing under the…