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FRICK v. PENNSYLVANIA

Nos. 122, 123, 124, 125.

268 U.S. 473 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 603

69 L.Ed. 1058

FRICK ET AL. v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George Wharton Pepper and George B. Gordon for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. David A. Reed, with whom Messrs. George W. Woodruff, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and Maynard Teall were on the brief, for defendant in error.

Messrs. Carl Sherman, Attorney General of New York, and Seth T. Cole filed a brief as amici curiae, for the State of New York, by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These four cases involve the constitutional validity of particular features of a statute of Pennsylvania imposing a tax on the transfer of property by will or intestate laws. Act No. 258, Pa. Laws 1919, 521.

Henry C. Frick, domiciled in Pennsylvania, died testate December 2, 1919, leaving a large estate. By his will he disposed of the entire estate —...

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