In re Estate of Curtis
Supreme Court of Vermont
This is a proceeding brought directly to the Supreme Court for the county of Chittenden, under the provisions of P. S. 835-836, to review* a decree of the probate court within and for the district of Chittenden, holding that a certain bequest made by the will of Emma E. Curtis is subject to the inheritance tax imposed by P. S. 822, as amended by §1, No. 55, Acts 1910. The opinion fully states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is a proceeding under the provisions of P. S. 835 and 836 to review the decree of the probate court for the district of Chittenden in reference to a certain inheritance tax in the matter of the estate of one Emma E. Curtis, late of Burlington in said district deceased. The facts material to the inquiry certified up by the probate court are as follows: Emma *447E. Curtis died, at Burlington in said district April 9, 1910. She left a will which was duly admitted to probate on June 4, 1910. The twenty-eighth clause of said will reads as follows: ‘ ‘ Twenty-eight. I give and devise to Charles W.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Eidman v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- In Re Compelling Payment of Tax Upon Property Given by the Will of EnstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In Re the Appraisal Under the Transfer Tax Act of a Certain Trust Fund Held by HarbeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- English v. CrenshawTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Willard v. PikeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
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