Blank v. Olsen

*325OPINION

ALLISON B. HUMPHREYS, Special Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant, Edward C. Blank, II, executor of the estate of Fred Lee Blank, has appealed from a judgment of the Davidson County Chancery Court dismissing his action to recover inheritance taxes paid on property, a part of the estate of which he is executor.

The facts, briefly, are that Fred Lee Blank died testate in Davidson County on May 17, 1976. On probate of his will, on May 21, 1976, Edward C. Blank, II was appointed executor. On February 17, 1977, the estate voluntarily paid one hundred percent of the inheritance taxes due on a piece…