IN RE ESTATE OF SWANSON

No. 3-83-0612.

124 Ill. App.3d 276 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 1379

In re ESTATE OF MARIE SWANSON, Deceased (The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dorothy Leigh, Ex'r of the Estate of Marie Swanson, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed May 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Edward C. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.

Dawn A. Conolly, of Lucas, Brown & McDonald, of Galesburg, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

Marie E. Swanson died on April 18, 1981, a resident of the State of Florida. Among her assets was an undivided one-third beneficial interest in an Illinois land trust. The single issue raised by this appeal is whether the decedent's interest was property subject to the Illinois inheritance tax. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 120, par. 375 et seq. (repealed).

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