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MAXWELL v. BUGBEE

Nos. 43, 238.

250 U.S. 525 (1919)

40 S.Ct. 2

63 L.Ed. 1124

MAXWELL ET AL., EXECUTORS OF McDONALD, v. BUGBEE, COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL. HILL, ADMINISTRATOR OF HILL, v. BUGBEE, COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 27, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Maxwell and Mr. E.C. Lindley, with whom Mr. William A. Smith was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. John R. Hardin for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases were argued and submitted together, involve the same constitutional questions, and may be disposed of in a single opinion. The attack is upon the inheritance tax law of the State of New Jersey, and is based upon certain provisions of the Federal Constitution. The statute has reference to the method of imposing inheritance taxes under the laws of the State. The constitutionality of the law upon both state...

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