Diocese of Olympia, Inc. v. Pemberton

The Diocese of Olympia, Inc., filed a petition in the estate of Sophia E; Henry during the period of probation, in which it was sought to restrain the executors of Mrs. Henry’s estate from paying, and the supervisor of inheritance tax and escheat division of the state from collecting, an inheritance tax.

Mrs. Henry died testate in Seattle, this state, May 9, 1935, being at the time of her death a resident of this state. By the terms of ber will, the National Bank of Commerce and H. Allen Kurtzman were named executors, and, upon the admission of the will to probate, they qualified as such.

Prior…