State v. Hogg

This action arises under the inheritance or transfer tax laws of the state of Texas, as embraced in chapter 5, title 122, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, articles 7117 to 7144, and amendments of 1927 and 1929 (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St arts. 7117-7144). •

The state of Texas, appellant, sued Mike Hogg as executor of the will of W. C. Hogg, who died September 12, 1930, and the twenty-three other appellees herein, to and for the use of whom bequests of property had passed under the will of W. C. Hogg, to recover inheritance taxes claimed to be due the state by virtue of these statutes by reason of…