WINTERMEYER'S ESTATE v. PEOPLE

No. 16012.

212 P.2d 863 (1949)

120 Colo. 581

WINTERMEYER'S ESTATE et al. v. PEOPLE ex rel. HINKLEY, Atty. Gen., et al.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

November 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Widney, George Hetherington, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

H. Lawrence Hinkley, Attorney General, Duke W. Dunbar, Deputy Attorney General, George K. Thomas, Asst. Attorney General, Berton T. Gobble, Asst. Attorney General, and Inheritance Tax Commissioner, for defendants in error.


JACKSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs in error, to no avail, protested an increased levy by the Inheritance Tax Commissioner. They were unsuccessful in subsequent hearings in the county and district courts and come here seeking review.

Both plaintiffs in error are beneficiaries under the will of Thurza Wintermeyer, deceased. Both were adults when adopted by Thurza Wintermeyer as her daughters. Mrs. Wintermeyer predeceased them, leaving a will, duly admitted to probate...

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