CHANLER v. KELSEY

No. 240.

205 U.S. 466 (1907)

CHANLER v. KELSEY, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lucius H. Beers for plaintiff in error.

Mr. David B. Hill for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The tax in controversy was imposed under an amendment of the general transfer-tax law of the State of New York, chapter 284, Laws of 1897, which provides as follows:

"Whenever any person or corporation shall exercise the power of appointment derived from any disposition of property made either before or after the passage of...

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