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MERC.-SAFE DEP. & TRUST v. STATE

[No. 216, September Term, 1971.]

264 Md. 455 (1972)

287 A.2d 502

MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST FROM ALEXIUS McGLANNAN ET AL. v. STATE OF MARYLAND, EX REL. LEROY C. SHAUGHNESSY, REGISTER OF WILLS FOR BALTIMORE CITY AND LOUIS L. GOLDSTEIN, COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Page, with whom were White, Page & Lentz on the brief, for appellants.

Francis X. Pugh, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Henry R. Lord, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.

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

Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company (the Mercantile), in its capacity as trustee of a trust estate created by the late Dr. Alexius McGlannan and as executor of his will, is stoutly resisting an effort by the State to enjoy what has been characterized in the Mercantile's brief as a "second helping" of inheritance taxes. It was the State which accepted a curious turn of...

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