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IN RE ESTATE OF WILSON

No. 15230.

71 Ill. App.3d 882 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 939

In re ESTATE OF MARJORIE WILSON, Deceased. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. ELMER H. WILSON, Ex'r of the Estate of Marjorie Wilson, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Cook and William G. Keller, Jr., both of Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, House, Neu & Mitchell, of Quincy, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Gail A. Moreland, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Inheritance tax question.

Stock held in joint tenancy.

Can a resulting trust be imposed and thus avoid the tax?

Yes.

We reverse and remand.

The solitary issue in this case is whether certain assets held in joint tenancy should be included in the taxable estate of a decedent where the surviving joint tenant contends that the decedent held the...

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