Legal Opinion
Estate of Fasken
California Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1977No. S.F. 23409PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WRIGHT, J.*
The State Controller appeals from an order fixing inheritance taxes in the matter of the estate of Inez G. Fasken, who died in 1968 while a resident of California. Decedent devised and bequeathed her entire estate, consisting of real and tangible personal property located in California and Texas, to her son David Fasken, the executor herein. He objected to the report of the inheritance tax referee purporting to determine death taxes due pursuant to provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The court sustained the objections and fixed the tax at an amount $463,858 less…
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