IN RE ESTATE OF DeWITT

No. WD30753.

591 S.W.2d 273 (1979)

In re ESTATE of J. Roger DeWITT. Mary M. De WITT, Executor, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

December 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus Burrus, W. Raleigh Gough, Independence, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Wieler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before DIXON, P. J., and TURNAGE and KENNEDY, JJ.


DIXON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves the assessment of inheritance tax.

The Circuit Court of Cole County affirmed the order of the Probate Court which approved the Report of the Inheritance Tax Appraiser in the estate of J. Roger DeWitt and assessed a total tax of $22,756.07. The appraiser had determined that the entire marital trust, as set up in decedent's will, should be subject to inheritance tax against the widow because of her right to receive...

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