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STEBBINS v. RILEY

No. 227.

268 U.S. 137 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 424

69 L.Ed. 884

STEBBINS AND HURLEY, AS EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF WATKINSON, DECEASED v. RILEY, CONTROLLER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carey Van Fleet, with whom Messrs. Joseph G. De Forest, Sidney M. Ehrman, Maurice E. Harrison, William M. Madden, Lloyd M. Robbins and Luther Elkins were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Ralph W. Smith, Inheritance Tax Attorney for California, with whom Messrs. Wesley E. Marten, Dion R. Holm, Arthur W. Brouillett, Erwin P. Werner and Adrian C. Stanton were on the brief, for defendant in error.

Messrs. Martin Saxe, Samuel P. Goldman, Charles R. McSparren and William F. Unger, filed a brief as amici curiae by special leave of court.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on a writ of error to the Supreme Court of California to review the determination of that court upholding the constitutionality of the Inheritance Tax Act of the State of California enacted in 1917, particularly Subdivision 10 of § 2 of the Act, which prescribes the method of determining the market value of the property transferred, for the purpose...

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