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BEIDLER v. SO. CAR. TAX COMMISSION

No. 2.

282 U.S. 1 (1930)

51 S.Ct. 54

75 L.Ed. 131

BEIDLER ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. SOUTH CAROLINA TAX COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 23, 24, 1930.

Decided November 24, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.F. Henderson, with whom Mr. Arthur B. Schaffner was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, with whom Mr. John M. Daniel, Attorney General of South Carolina, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Messrs. Seth T. Cole and William Dale O'Brien, by special leave of Court, filed a brief on behalf of the Tax Commission of the State of New York, as amicus curiae.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

On March 4, 1924, Francis Beidler, a resident of Chicago, Ill., died in that State, leaving a will by which he bequeathed a portion of his personal property to his wife and children directly, and gave the residue in trust for their benefit and for charitable uses. The will was probated in Illinois, and Francis Beidler, II, and George Engelking, the appellants, qualified as executors.

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