Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Estate of Newton

California Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 1950No. L. A. 20827Published

1ConcurrenceTraynor, J.

I concur, but deem it advisable to spell out with particularity the reasons for my concurrence.

The Inheritance Tax Acts of this state plainly provide for *837the imposition of the tax in the present case. Section 2 of the Inheritance Tax Act of 1935 as amended in 1941, by which this appeal is governed, provides:

“A tax shall be and is hereby imposed upon the transfer of any property, real or personal, or of any interest therein or income therefrom, in trust or otherwise . . . said taxes to be upon'the market value of such property at the date of death of the decedent and at the rates hereinafter…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Helvering v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Helvering v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Harris v. BalkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  5. Curry v. McCanlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1939

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