Calvert v. Fisher

259 S.W.2d 944 (1953)

CALVERT et al.

v.

FISHER.

No. 10156.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

July 1, 1953.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1953.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., W. V. Geppert, Asst. Atty. Gen., and by Marietta McGregor Creel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Hart, Brown & Sparks, by J. H. Hart, Austin, for appellee.

GRAY, Justice.

This is an inheritance tax case in which appellee sued to recover the amount of taxes paid by him under protest, Art. 7057b, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St.

It is the contention of appellee that he falls within Class A, Art. 7118, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., as "the husband of…