Cahn v. Calvert

This suit was instituted by David D. Cahn, petitioner, against Robert S. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Jesse James, State Treasurer, and Will Wilson, Attorney General, respondents, to recover inheritance taxes paid under protest. The trial court’s judgment denied the relief sought. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 317 S.W. 2d 257.

Petitioner is a beneficiary of the largess of Mrs. Jessica S. Pike. On July 3, 1951 Mrs. Pike executed an instrument conveying all of her property to her daughter, Phillis Pike Cahn, in trust. The section of the instrument governing disposition of the…