ALLEN, J.
In this appeal as of right brought by the Michigan Department of Treasury, we are asked to decide whether an inheritance tax may be imposed on property acquired in exchange for a waiver of all claims against an estate, where the settlement arises out of an action to construe a will as opposed to a "will contest." We answer this question in the negative and affirm.
On February 25, 1976, decedent Lenna M. Keith executed a will in which she devised...
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