Horner v. Iowa State Tax Commission

In 1938 Oliver Horner deeded certain real estate to his children Letta Horner (appellant herein) and William Horner, as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common, with full right of survivorship. Oliver Horner died in 1939. Thereafter an inheritance tax was paid to the state, based upon said transfer as made in contemplation of death.

William Horner died in 1942, and his interest in said real estate aeerned to appellant as the surviving- joint tenant. Was this accrual subject to inheritance tax? The court held there was liability for such tax and accordingly denied appellant’s petition for…