HOWARTH v. STATE

No. 83-011.

124 N.H. 296 (1983)

RUTH B. HOWARTH v. THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael, Jones & Wensley, of Rochester (Danford J. Wensley on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Marc R. Scheer, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff appeals the judgment of the Strafford County Probate Court (Cassevechia, J.), affirming the assessment of an inheritance tax on certain death benefits received by the plaintiff as the primary beneficiary of two annuity contracts purchased by her former husband, Charles Holden Howarth. We affirm.

The issue presented before this court is whether the benefits are taxable under RSA 86:6, I, as property passing "by deed, grant,...

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