Department of Taxation v. Scherffius

62 Wis.2d 687 (1974)

215 N.W.2d 547

ESTATE OF SCHERFFIUS:

DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION and another, Respondents,

v.

SCHERFFIUS, Executor, Appellant.[*]

No. 326.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Argued January 4, 1974.

Decided March 18, 1974.

For the appellant there were briefs by Godfrey & Kahn, S. C., attorneys, and John M. Byers and James Ward Rector, Sr., of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Rector.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Sverre O. Tinglum, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general, and Neal E. Schmidt, inheritance tax counsel.