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MATTER OF SINCLAIR

No. 81-174.

640 P.2d 918 (1982)

In the Matter of the Termination of Joint Tenancy of Ronald Miller SINCLAIR, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bolinger & Higgins, Bozeman, for appellant.

Mike Rieley, Dept. of Revenue, Helena, for respondent.

WEBER, Justice.

Mrs. Jane Sinclair, the widow of Ronald Sinclair, deceased, appealed to the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District from a determination by the Department of Revenue (Department) that inheritance tax was due as a result of transfers in contemplation of death. The District Court affirmed the Department's determination. We reverse the District Court.

Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair, husband and wife, had a joint tenancy bank account for many...

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