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NAT. SAFE DEP. CO. v. ILLINOIS

No. 138.

232 U.S. 58 (1914)

NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY v. STEAD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Packard and Mr. John S. Miller, with whom Mr. Merritt Starr was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Patrick J. Lucey, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, with whom Mr. Lester H. Strawn was on the brief, for defendants in error.

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

The Illinois Inheritance Tax Law operates to seal safe deposit boxes for at least ten days after the death of the renter. In view of the uncertainty as to who might own the contents of boxes, standing in the joint name of the deceased and others, the statute sealed their boxes also...

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