Legal Opinion
Blodgett v. Silberman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 16, 1928No. 190 and 191PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
These , two cases, which are really one, grow out of the operation of a transfer tax by the State of Connecticut. They are brought to this Court, one by certiorari, and one by writ of error. The questions presented are whether the tax on the transfer of certain parts of the large estate of Robert B. Hirsch was in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Coristitution in that they were tangible property in New York and not in Connecticut. Hirsch died September 23, 1924, domiciled at Stamford, Connecticut, leaving a will with two codicils executed in…
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