Salt Lake Herald | 1905-09-17 | Page 19 | Suit of Daly Estate

SUIT OF DALY ESTATE i Recovery of Inheritance Tax Sought by Heirs Helen Mont Sept 1 A Tan Tanner ncr ner of Washington D C United States assistant attorney general today took tile the testimony here hera of C D I French deputy ty state auditor and formerly deputy cot col collector lector hector of internal revenue for Montana in a proceeding brought by Mrs Marcus Daly administratrix of the estate of the late Marcus Daly against the United States to recover paid by the dead dentt copper millionaires estate under the pro itro provisions visions of the inheritance law of l the war revenue act Mr Tanner arrived last night from Salt Lake Lak City where he ho took the testimony of United States Collector B E H of this district The ease case ia is parallel to the Vanderbilt case in ill which the tha court of t te ic United States declared the law unconstitutional and it was subsequently subsequently repealed Mrs Daly then brought suit against the United States State to recover the amount said paid to Deputy Collector French alleging in addition to the facts set up m hi the Vanderbilt case that French had received nore than was waa legal lal legally ly 11 due at the time some seine of the heir not then being 90 years of age In order ta meet the i sue of this suit the govern cavern meat is ii taking the testimony of all con concerned earned