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REGISTER OF WILLS v. COOK

[No. 145, September Term, 1965.]

241 Md. 264 (1966)

216 A.2d 542

REGISTER OF WILLS FOR BALTIMORE CITY v. COOK, EX'R AND MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST CO., TR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

William A. Grimes for appellees.

The cause was argued before PRESCOTT, C.J., and HAMMOND, MARBURY, OPPENHEIMER and McWILLIAMS, JJ.

OPPENHEIMER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the question of whether bequests to help further the passage of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment and to aid women who may be in distress or suffer any injury as a result of any inequalities in the laws of Maryland or other states or of the United States are exempt from inheritance tax under the Maryland law. The taxes involved were paid under protest...

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