Legal Opinion
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 17, 1955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
This petition in equity by the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, executor of the will of Edward K. Leighton, and the Good Will Home Association, and the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, beneficiaries under the will, for abatement of inheritance tax is before us on report on a question of law from the Probate Court. R. S., Chap. 142, Sec. 30 (1944) as amended, now R. S., Chap. 155, Sec. 33 (1954).
From the agreed statement of facts we find: Edward K. Leighton domiciled in Rockland, died testate in February 1953, and his will was duly probated in the Probate Court for Knox County.…
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