MARBURY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case involves the Federal Estate Tax, the Maryland Apportionment Act, and the Maryland Distribution Statute. The chief question raised is whether a widow, who renounced her husband's will and elected to take her statutory share in his land and personal estate, receives that share without contribution to the Federal Estate Tax, or whether her share in the estate is to be calculated after the deduction of that...
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