Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Hall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 1, 1978No. [No. 1, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
Murphy, C. J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 657 infra.
Confronting us in this case is the task of finding a final resting place for the federal estate tax obligation which was *646assessed on the worldly goods owned at the time of her death by Catherine W. Johnson, M.D., of Fort Foote, Prince George’s County, Maryland. The orphans’ court of that county concluded that the federal estate tax should be apportioned among the beneficiaries named in Dr. Johnson’s last will and testament; however, the Court of Special Appeals reversed and placed the entire burden of this tax upon the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Riggs v. Del DragoSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- In re the Estate of PepperNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- In Re the Accounting of PhippsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Bouse v. HutzlerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1942
- In re the Accounting of PhippsNew York Supreme Court · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Blitz v. Beth Isaac Adas Israel CongregationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- In Re Estate of MumbyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1999
- First National Bank v. Department of Health & Mental HygieneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Pfeufer v. CyphersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
- Estate of Fender v. FenderAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
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