ESTATE OF AHERN


26 Wis.2d 210 (1965)

ESTATE OF AHERN: STATE, Appellant, v. AHERN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was argued by Harold H. Persons, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was George Thompson, attorney general.

For the respondent there was a brief by John T. Harrington, attorney, and John L. Bruemmer of counsel, both of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Harrington.


This appeal involves the question of whether $50,000 proceeds of an accidental death insurance policy are subject to the state inheritance tax. Claim for the tax is based on sec. 72.01 (7) (a), Stats., which provides that insurance payable upon the death of a named person in which any of the legal incidents of ownership remain in such person at the time of his death shall be deemed a part of his estate for the purposes of the tax and is taxable to the persons entitled to...

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