In Re Hubbs

This appeal involves the validity of an inheritance tax on a transfer of real property in this state and owned at the time by a resident of California, one Thomas Higgins. The superior court held the transfer taxable and determined the amount of the tax, and it is this order, as well as that denying respondent's application for a rehearing, that this court is asked to review.

In the early 80's, the record discloses, Thomas Higgins arrived in Arizona and became in succession a prospector, a miner and a mine operator. He located a number of claims in the Warren District of Cochise county and…