People v. Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. F. S. Righeimer, Judge, presiding..
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
Adele Edwards, a resident of Evanston, Illinois, died testate January 16, 1914. Under the fifth clause of her will she devised and bequeathed the residue of her estate to the Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The residue was appraised at $11,109.53, and upon petition of the State the county court of Cook county held that the devise and bequest were subject to an inheritance tax and fixed the amount of the tax at $443.38, and judgment was entered against the society for that amount. This appeal followed.
The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Estate of SpeedIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- In Re Taxation Under the Transfer Tax Acts of Property Belonging to the Estate of BalleisNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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