Bushong, Exec. v. Taylor

A construction of item five of the will of Mrs. Ellen Robertson is presented on this appeal. The chancellor upheld as a charitable trust a bequest undertaken in said item of the will. The Attorney-General and the Commissioner of Finance and Taxation were made parties to the suit and they insisted that the trust attempted was invalid and that the bequest of $15,000' passed to the residuary legatee and was liable for the inheritance tax. The decision of the chancellor being; adverse, the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Finance and Taxation have brought the matter to this court.

Item five of…