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MOORMAN v. MOORMAN

Docket No. 65, Calendar No. 46,189.

340 Mich. 636 (1954)

66 N.W.2d 248

MOORMAN v. MOORMAN.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson, Wright, Davis, McKean & Cudlip (Robert E. McKean and Thomas C. Tilley, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Hill, Lewis, Andrews, Granse & Adams (Edward T. Goodrich and Marlin F. Scholl, of counsel), for defendants.

Amicus curiae:

Beaumont, Smith & Harris (U. George Krapfel, of counsel).

KELLY, J.

Achilles H. Moorman died intestate on July 23, 1951, leaving a Michigan gross estate of approximately $832,000. Plaintiff, the widow, and defendants, children of deceased, are the sole heirs-at-law of said deceased.

Plaintiff contends that the Federal estate tax ($142,800) should not be deducted from the gross estate before plaintiff's 1/3 share, as widow, is determined. Defendants contend the Federal estate tax is a charge which should be deducted...

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