People v. Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co.

This is an appeal by the executor of the last will and testament of Edmund D. Hulbert, deceased, from a judgment of the county court of Cook county approving and confirming an order of the county judge fixing the amount of inheritance tax on the estate of the decedent.

Edmund D. Hulbert, a resident of the city of Chicago, died testate on March 30, 1923, at the age of sixty-five years. By his will executed on March 20, 1923, he devised and bequeathed his entire estate to his wife, Emily S. Hulbert. His estate was appraised, for the purpose of assessing the inheritance tax, as follows: Total…