ESTATE OF WILLIS

Docket No. L.A. 20696.

34 Cal.2d 782 (1950)

215 P.2d 453

Estate of CHARLES GOLDEN WILLIS, Deceased. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, Appellant, v. BERTRAM PAUL WILLIS, as Executor, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, Morton L. Barker, Raymond G. LaNoue, Deputy Inheritance Tax Attorneys, and Joseph D. Lear, Assistant Inheritance Tax Attorney, for Appellant.

Arnold Praeger, Don M. Kitzmiller and Laura O. Coffield for Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

The appeal of the Controller of the State of California from an order granting a refund of inheritance tax is based upon an agreed statement of facts and presents for decision only a question of statutory interpretation.

Bertram Paul Willis was bequeathed 691 shares of common stock of C.G. Willis and Sons. The inheritance tax appraiser fixed the value of the stock according to a balance sheet submitted...

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