PEOPLE v. BECKER

No. 21775.

413 P.2d 185 (1966)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, and Neil Tasher, Inheritance Tax Commissioner of the State of Colorado, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Frances BECKER, Executrix of the Estate of R. A. Becker, Deceased, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., R. Robert Irwin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

March, March & Sullivan, Fort Collins, for defendant in error.


PRINGLE, Justice.

This case involves the propriety of an assessment for inheritance tax made by the Inheritance Tax Commissioner of the State of Colorado, hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner, against a deposit held in joint tenancy by a decedent and another in a savings and loan association. The trial court held that the account was not taxable and the Commissioner seeks reversal of that judgment.

There is no dispute as to the facts in this case, the...

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