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POSLER v. THE PEOPLE

No. 34294.

11 Ill.2d 557 (1957)

144 N.E.2d 589

MARIAN WORLD POSLER et al., Appellants, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 16, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WALTER F. BOYE, of Chicago, for appellants.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, A. ZOLA GROVES, HARRY A. ASH, and STEWART P. MULVIHILL, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the application and the validity of that part of section I of the Inheritance Tax Act which provides a lower rate of tax and a higher exemption when the beneficial interest in property passes "to any person to whom the decedent, for not less than ten years prior to death, stood in the acknowledged relation of a parent ...

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