DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. BAXTER

No. 1351.

486 P.2d 360 (1971)

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Alaska, Appellant, v. Von R. BAXTER, Executor of the Estate of Julius Morris, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Cranston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, G. Kent Edwards, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

H. Russel Holland, Holland & Thornton, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BONEY, C.J., and DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal raises difficult questions concerning the application of Alaska's inheritance and transfer tax to the interests of a nonresident decedent, as vendor, in several executory contracts of sale relating to real properties located within the State of Alaska.

Appellee, Von R. Baxter, as executor of the estate of Julius C. Morris, instituted suit in the superior court to recover Alaska transfer taxes in the amount...

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