Knox v. Emerson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MoMINN. Appeal from the Circnit Court of McMinn. County. George L. Burke, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beard
This suit was instituted in the county court of Mc-Minn county, by the clerk of that court, to recover an inheritance tax, alleged to be due upon the estate which the defendant Lillie Williams Emerson takes under the will of her mother, who died a citizen of that county in May, 1909. Two questions are raised to defeat the recovery sought — first, that the county court was without jurisdiction to try the case; and, second, that being a child of the testatrix, and taking under her will, Mrs. Emerson was not subject to this tax.’
As to the first of these questions, we think there is no…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Cornwall v. ToddSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
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