BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST CO. v. JOHNSON


116 A.2d 656 (1955)

BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST CO., Executor, et al. v. Ernest H. JOHNSON, State Tax Assessor.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perkins, Weeks & Hutchins, Waterville, for plaintiffs.

Boyd L. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before FELLOWS, C. J., and WILLIAMSON, TIRRELL, WEBBER, BELIVEAU and TAPLEY, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Justice.

This petition in equity by the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, executor of the will of Edward K. Leighton, and the Good Will Home Association, and the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, beneficiaries under the will, for abatement of inheritance tax is before us on report on a question of law from the Probate Court. R.S.1944, c. 142, § 30, as amended, now R.S. 1954, c. 155, § 33.

From the agreed statement of facts...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases