Legal Opinion
Whorff v. Johnson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 8, 1948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
This case comes to the Law Court from the Probate Court of Kennebec County, on report by agreed statement of facts. It arose by petition in equity commenced under R. S. 1944, Chap. 142, Sec. 30 as amended by Chap. 354 of the P. L. of 1947. The petition asks for partial abatement of inheritance tax determined by the State Tax Assessor.
The facts agreed to were, that the petitioner was born November 12,1892, and was the illegitimate daughter of the testatrix. The testatrix (mother) named the petitioner (daughter) in her will as the executrix and the sole beneficiary. The mother died July 11,…
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