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COMMONWEALTH v. CARTER

92 S.E.2d 369 (1956)

198 Va. 141

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Charles Hill CARTER, Jr., et al., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas C. Gordon, Jr., and Carle E. Davis, Richmond (McGuire, Eggleston, Bocock & Woods, Richmond, on the brief), for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The questions presented on this appeal are whether certain property devised pursuant to a power of appointment is subject to inheritance tax, and if so, whether it should be assessed separately or combined with the individual property of the donee of the power, both the individual and the appointive property having passed to the same beneficiary by the donee's will.

The facts are agreed. Robert R. Carter, a resident of Charles City county...

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