Legal Opinion
First Methodist Church v. Owens
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 13, 1965No. Gen 50,303PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kluczynski
The First Methodist Church of Western Springs, Illinois, and the Trustees of The First Methodist Church of Plano, Illinois, specific legatees under the Last Will and Testament of Scott Wheeler, deceased, appeal from an order entered in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court directing decedent’s executor to pay the inheritance tax levied on property of a revocable inter vivos trust created by the decedent, which trust property vested in one Russell E. Owens, upon the death of the decedent. The chronology of essential events is as follows:
On June 22, 1956, the decedent, Scott Wheeler,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Peck v. DrennanIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- In re the Accounting of HalleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
- Yost v. FitzgeraldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1958
- Central Trust Co. v. LambOhio Court of Appeals · 1944
- Estate of Betts v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Estate of BrennerColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
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- In the Matter of Estate of TovreaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
- In Re Estate of FryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
- In Re Estate of OverturfAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
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