BULLOCK v. CITY NAT. BANK OF AUSTIN

No. 12523.

550 S.W.2d 763 (1977)

Bob BULLOCK, Comptroller of Public Accounts, et al., Appellants, v. The CITY NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTIN, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Georgann A. Lyon, Deceased, and of the Estate of Jack H. Lyon, Deceased, and as Trustee of the Jack H. and Georgann Lyon Trust, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

April 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Myra A. McDaniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellants.

Kevin Holcomb, Watkins, Ledbetter & Ramsey, Austin, for appellees.


O'QUINN, Justice.

The City National Bank of Austin, as independent executor of two estates and trustee of a trust, brought this suit to recover inheritance taxes paid under protest to the Comptroller of Public Accounts.1

Events giving rise to the tax in controversy began in 1971 with creation of certain trusts by Jack H. Lyon, joined by his wife Georgann A. Lyon, and funded by insurance policies on Lyon's life, with the City National...

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