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TREICHLER v. WISCONSIN

No. 20.

338 U.S. 251 (1949)

TREICHLER, EXECUTOR, v. WISCONSIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander W. Schutz argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Harold H. Persons, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Thomas E. Fairchild, Attorney General, and Neil Conway.

J. Gilbert Hardgrove filed a brief, as amicus curiae, supporting appellant.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, arising from an order of the County Court of Milwaukee County, levying certain death taxes on the estate of Fred A. Miller, deceased, under the applicable statutes of Wisconsin. The question for decision is the validity of the Wisconsin emergency tax on inheritances, Wis. Stat. (1947) § 72.74 (2), when tested in the light of the Due Process...

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