Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Holt

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 19, 1923No. Civ. No. 2567PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFinch, P. J.

This appeal is from an order fixing the amount of inheritance tax chargeable against the property given by the will of decedent to appellant.

The only part of the will material here is the seventh clause, which reads as follows: “I give, bequeath and devise unto my sister, Myra A. Holt, of Concord, New Hampshire, the other one-third (%) share or portion of said rest, remainder and residue of my said property and estate.” There is nothing in the will to limit or qualify this clause. The value of the property thus passing to appellant is the sum of $335,502.32.

The petition for probate of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Trustees of Amherst College v. RitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. Estate of CarsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Hutchings v. CastleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
  4. McDougald v. RossiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
  5. O'Donnell v. MurphyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Estate of RathCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Cohn v. CohnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Estate of BloomCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Ayoob v. AyoobCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  5. Kelso v. SargentCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936

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