In Re Estate of Snyder

This appeal is taken by John Whiteley Snyder, a son of the decedent Jennie W. Snyder, from an order of the superior court of San Diego County, imposing upon him an inheritance tax of $7,500 because of a conveyance made to him by his mother, prior to her death, of certain real property, here briefly designated as the Snyder Block. The same order fixed a tax of $17,377.78 to be paid by him on other properties to which he has succeeded under her will. The correctness of this portion of the order is undisputed. The contest in the court below and the object of this appeal is to determine whether…