Legal Opinion
State v. Johnston
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1925PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoerfler, J.
One Robert A. Johnston, a resident of the city of Milwaukee, died testate in the year 1907, leaving his estate, valued at a considerable sum over $1,000,000, to his widow, Ellen A. Johnston. Robert A. Johnston and his wife had four children, .namely, Harry S. Johnston, Walter V. Johnston, Robert S. Johnston, and Jessie J. Fretz. In the year 1898 Ellen A. Johnston executed a last will and testament, in and by which she devised and bequeathed all of her estate to her husband. Robert A. Johnston having predeceased his wife, the estate of the latter when she died in July, 1924, descended to her…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- In Re the Appraisal for Taxation, Under the Act in Relation to Taxable Transfers of Property, of the Estate of GouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Cappon v. O'DayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
- In re the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of WolfeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- In Re the Appraisal Under the Transfer Tax Law of the Estate of WolfeNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Fulton Foundation v. Department of TaxationWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961
- Royston v. BesettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- In Re Cress'estateMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
- Stierle v. RohmeyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
- MacKenzie v. WrightArizona Supreme Court · 1927
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