CITIZENS FIDELITY BANK & TRUST CO. v. REEVES


259 S.W.2d 432 (1953)

CITIZENS FIDELITY BANK & TRUST CO. v. REEVES, Commissioner of Revenue.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steinfeld & Steinfeld and Samuel Steinfeld, Louisville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Hal O. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Roy H. Pennington, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


COMBS, Justice.

This appeal involves the relative merits of the "blockage" rule and the "unit" rule in the assessment of shares of stock for inheritance tax purposes.

James P. Bogler died November 10, 1949, the holder of 3,000 shares of class "A" common stock and 27,000 shares of class "B" common stock in the Glenmore Distilleries. On the day Mr. Bolger died 300 shares of Glenmore Distilleries common stock were sold on the New York Curb Stock Exchange at a...

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