Bowers v. Anti-Defamation League of B 'Nai B'rith

This is an appeal by the Tax Commissioner from a determination of the Probate Court of Butler County, holding certain bequests of the Estate of Abraham Anstat (deceased October 29, 1960), exempt from Ohio Inheritance Tax because made to religious or charitable organizations. The exemptions appealed from concern bequests to the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (a non-profit corporation of the District of Columbia); Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (a corporation of the state of New York); and Histadrut, the National Committee for Labor Israel (a legal entity of…