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IN RE HALSTEAD'S ESTATE

No. 32900.

46 N.W.2d 779 (1951)

154 Neb. 31

In re HALSTEAD'S ESTATE. WOMAN'S DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE OF BOARD OF MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION OF METHODIST CHURCH v. BUFFALO COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 16, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dryden, Jensen & Dier, Kearney, for appellant.

R. L. Haines, Kearney, John M. Neff, and Cook & Ross, all of Lexington, for appellees.

Before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.

CHAPPELL, Justice.

The primary question in this case is whether a testamentary bequest or devise to Mothers' Jewels Home of York, Nebraska, an exclusively charitable institution or foundation caring for orphans and dependent children at York, Nebraska, was subject to inheritance taxes or exempt therefrom by virtue of Laws of Nebraska, 1947, c. 262, section 3, p. 852, designated as section 77-2007, R.S.Supp., 1947. We conclude that it was exempt from inheritance taxes...

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