MATTER OF ESTATE OF MORRIS

No. 91-225.

838 P.2d 402 (1992)

In re the Matter of the ESTATE OF Dorothy E. MORRIS, Deceased. Linda WELLS, Mary Elizabeth Dubois, Donna june Wood, Betty Sue Matney, Bill E. Wood and May Na Morris Gage, Appellants, v. Robert W. THOMPSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc G. Buyske argued, Anderson, Beatty & Buyske, Shelby, for appellants.

Donald R. Marble, argued, Marble Law Office, Chester, for respondent.


McDONOUGH Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Ninth Judicial District, Toole County, requiring state inheritance taxes from the estate of Dorothy Morris to be apportioned pursuant to § 72-16-603, MCA. The appellants contend that the language of the will provides an alternative method of apportionment which should govern. The respondent, Robert Thompson, has cross-appealed on the issue of attorney fees. We...

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