Legal Opinion
City Bank Farmers' Trust Co. v. New York Central Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1930PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
The plaintiff, the executor of the will of Francis T. King, has sought and obtained a declaratory judgment whereby the defendant, the New York Central Railroad Company, is found to be subject to a duty to transfer shares of stock forming part of the estate of the testator without exacting proof of the payment of transfer taxes thereon to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Plaintiff’s testator died on August 4, 1927, a resident of the State of New York. Included in his estate was a certificate for 100 shares of the stock of the New York Central Railroad Company, which is a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Untermyer v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Frick v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Blodgett v. SilbermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Chittenden Lumber Co. v. Silberblatt & Lasker, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
- St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. State of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
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