IN RE ESTATE OF TOOMEY

No. 39617.

75 Wn.2d 915 (1969)

454 P.2d 420

In the Matter of the Estate of RUTH WILSON TOOMEY, Deceased. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. DAN WANDELL, as Executor, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

May 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, Henry W. Wager and Timothy R. Malone, Assistants, for appellant.

Elliott, Lee, Carney, Thomas & Smart, by Herman S. Siqueland, for respondent.

Higgins & Fournier, by Theodore R. Fournier, Jr., amicus curiae.


HALE, J.

Ruth Wilson Toomey died August 16, 1965, leaving an estate inventoried and appraised at a fair market value of $674,731.15, subject to federal estate taxes of $81,093.82. The supervisor of inheritance refused to deduct the $81,093.82 from the estate before computing the state inheritance tax. Challenging the supervisor's refusal, the executor for the estate contended and the trial court held that the federal estate tax must be deducted from the appraised...

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