State Supreme Court / N.Y.

In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of McKelway

Decided May 8, 1917. Cuthbert W. Pound wrote the opinion for the court.

116 N.E. 848 · Cited 91 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Overheiser v. . Lackey · 100 N.E. 738
United States v. Perkins · 163 U.S. 625
Hiles v. . Fisher · 39 N.E. 337
In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of Pell · 63 N.E. 789

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In re the Accounting of Polizzo · 308 N.Y. 517
In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of Kane · 160 N.E. 17
Bremer v. Luff · 7 F. Supp. 148
In Re the Estate of Blumenthal · 141 N.E. 911
In Re the Estate of Suter · 179 N.E. 310
Chiang v. Chang · 137 A.D.2d 371
In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of Kane · 159 N.E. 410
In Re Guardianship of Medley · 573 So. 2d 892
Tax Commission v. Hutchison · 166 N.E. 352
Hein v. WT Rawleigh Company · 92 N.W.2d 185
In Re Foreclosure of Deed of Trust Recorded in Book 911, at Page 512 · 279 S.E.2d 566
State of Vermont v. Parmelee · 63 A.2d 203
Payne v. Payne · 28 N.Y.2d 399
Denton v. Grumbach · 2 A.D.2d 420
Von Bing v. Mangione · 309 A.D.2d 1038
Erickson v. Kalman · 189 N.W.2d 381
National Bank & Trust Co. of Norwich v. Rickard · 57 A.D.2d 156
In Re Cowan's Estate · 99 P.2d 605
Louden v. Iowa State Tax Commission · 92 N.W.2d 409
ESTATE OF ROBY v. Roby · 84 So. 3d 786
Horner v. Iowa State Tax Commission · 12 N.W.2d 567
Cowan v. State Tax Commission · 98 Utah 393

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