State v. Robb

MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:

This is an appeal by the state from an order of the District Court of Park County determining the inheritance tax in the estate of Grant Bishir, deceased.

The decedent left a will, the material parts of which so far as this case is concerned, were the following :

“Fourth: I give, devise and bequeath unto my wife, Minnie L. Bishir, all of the rest, residue and remainder of the property of which I die possessed, to have and to hold the same during the term of her natural life, provided she shall remain my widow, with the right to sell, encumber, mortgage and dispose of the…