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STATE v. GEORGE

No. 380S75.

401 N.E.2d 680 (1980)

STATE of Indiana, Indiana Department of State Revenue, Inheritance Tax Division, Appellant, v. Elsie K. GEORGE, Sole Heir of the Estate of Herman Goepp, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Susan Bowron White, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

James R. Lakin, John R. Nesbitt, Nesbitt, Fisher, Daugherty & Nesbitt, Rensselaer, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on a petition to transfer filed by appellee, Elsie K. George, following an opinion and judgment unfavorable to her in the Court of Appeals. We hold that the Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation of the state inheritance tax laws, and we accordingly vacate the opinion of the Court of Appeals and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Herman Goepp died intestate on January 13, 1974, leaving his sister, Elsie...

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