Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR. TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts are stated in' the opinion. Appellant, by probating the will through which its succession is derived, appearing before the state appraiser in the inheritance tax proceeding, appealing from the action of such appraiser to the County Court of Cook County, and from its action to ■ the Supreme Court of.
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ERROR. TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts are stated in' the opinion. Appellant, by probating the will through which its succession is derived, appearing before the state appraiser in the inheritance tax proceeding, appealing from the action of such appraiser to the County Court of Cook County, and from its action to ■ the Supreme Court of. Illinois, brought itself, within the jurisdiction of the State of Illinois, within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. Black v. Caldwell, 83 Fed. Rep.'880, 885; Christian Union v. Yount-, 101 U. S. 352, 356. This is especially so…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
This writ of error is directed to a judgment Of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois sustaining a tax assessed against plaintiff in error under the inheritance tax law of that State, passed June 15, 1895, entitled “An act to tax gifts, legacies and inheritances, in certain cases, and to provide for the collection of the same.” Laws of 1895, p. 301. ...
The facts, are as follows: "Fanny Speed, a citizen and resident of Kentucky, died seized of certain real estate in, the city of . Chicago. She devised a one-half interest to plaintiff-in erf or to be used as part- of, its educational fund,…
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