People of New York ex rel. Ripley v. Williams
New York Supreme Court
Application for peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the State Comptroller to issue to 'relator, as executrix and trustee under the will of Sidney Dill-on Ripley, deceased, a receipt in full for the transfer tax assessed upon said estate.
1Opinion of the CourtLeBoeuf, J.
The relator’s claim is that payment of the transfer tax due upon her decedent’s estate has heen made *403by another who was primarily responsible therefor; that some part of this amount was ■ withdrawn from the possession of the State Comptroller without authority on his part to repay the same and that the relator is now free from any responsibility to the State and may require, by the drastic remedy desired, a receipt in f,ull for the transfer tax assessed upon the estate which she represents.
In 1892, Sidney Dillon died, a resident of Rew York county, leaving a will which was duly probated in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of DelanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of RipleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- In re the Appraisal of the Estate of RipleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re the Appraisal of Certain Funds by the Will of SeaverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- In re the Appraisal of the Estate of SkinnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905