SLOAN v. CALVERT

No. 12040.

497 S.W.2d 125 (1973)

Christine Burke SLOAN, Appellant, v. Robert S. CALVERT, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Sloan, Diboll, for appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., of Texas, Fisher A. Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.


O'QUINN, Justice.

Decision in this case turns on construction and application of an inheritance tax statute limiting the periods of time within which the State may enforce its lien by suit or file suit to collect the tax without foreclosure of the lien. (V.A.T.S. Tax.-Gen. art. 14.18(D); Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 421, ch. 187, sec. 2)

The issue arises in the main because at the time of the death of the decedent the...

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