STETSON v. JOHNSON


187 A.2d 740 (1963)

Joan Cassidy STETSON et al. v. Ernest H. JOHNSON et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verrill, Dana, Walker, Philbrick, & Whitehouse, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Ralph W. Farris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Rudman & Rudman, Bangor, for defendants.

Before WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, SIDDALL and DUBORD, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

On report. This petition for declaratory judgment seeks a determination as to whether the rates and values to be used as a base for assessment of inheritance taxes should be the rates in effect and the values determined as of the date of death of the testator in 1918 or as of the date when contingent beneficiaries were ascertained and became entitled to possession and enjoyment in 1961.

The will of the late John Cassidy established certain...

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