Carter v. Eaton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Probate Appeal. Facts found, and case transferred without a ruling from the March term, 1910, of the superior court, by Chamberlin, J. Edwin E. Beede, a resident of Meredith, died at Plymouth on January 13, 1908, leaving a will which was duly admitted to probate, and D. Emery Eaton was appointed executor.
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Probate Appeal. Facts found, and case transferred without a ruling from the March term, 1910, of the superior court, by Chamberlin, J. Edwin E. Beede, a resident of Meredith, died at Plymouth on January 13, 1908, leaving a will which was duly admitted to probate, and D. Emery Eaton was appointed executor. The will contained the following: “I give and bequeath to the North Congregational Church, the Free Baptist Church, known as the South Church, and the First Baptist Church, known as the Brick Church, all of said Meredith, the sum of ten thousand dollars each, in Northern Pacific, Gt.…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The inheritance tax law, as amended in 1907, provides that “ all property within the jurisdiction of the state, real or personal, and any interest therein, . . . which shall pass by will ... to any person, absolutely or in trust, except to or for the use of the father, mother, husband, wife, lineal descendant, brother, sister, adopted child, the lineal descendant of any adopted child, the wife or widow of a son, or the husband of a daughter, of a decedent, or to or for the use of charitable, educational, or religious societies or institutions in this state, when such society or institution is…
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- Y.M.C.A. v. KeeneSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
- New London v. Colby AcademySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1898
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