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Show Salt Lake Lots , Involved in Suit Harvey H. Cluff a attorney general gen-eral for Utah la mad defendant In a eult entered In the United States district court Wednesday involving' approximately tot lota scattered throughout the' residence section of thla city. Tha action 1 brought by Nathaniel H. Blone of Melton. Mm... and C'harlea E. Perkins and William F. McFsrland of Burling top. la., and aeeka to prevent the attorney at-torney general from an attempt to enforce collection of Inheritance tax on the land In queatlon. Tha tax would amount to metre than llt.OOt, tne complaint set forth. In till, according to allegation In the complaint. Stone. Perklna and one Scott, organised a land Investment Invest-ment organisation under the term ef which they were to hold Joint ownership with rights of survival In , truat for whoever might Inveat with them. Subsequently Scott died nd j recently the tt of Utah, through Attorney General Cluff. haa declared Beott'e Intereat la thla land to be subject to Inheritance tax. Such a lien agalnat tha property I hampering hamper-ing th trustee in disposing of thslr land and, they contend, under the right of survival. Scotta death did not affect the ewnerablp of the land In any way. McFarland came In aa trustee te euceeed Scott under the trust agreement. It la contended. Tha complaint chargee that chapter chap-ter 1. apeciai seeelon lawa o Utah. ISIS, la unconstitutional with regard to tha United Rtates conatltutlon 1n that It violate th fourteenth amendment and with regard to the conatltutlon of the data of Utah hi that It violate section 1, article I : section 1. article II. and was passed i in violation ef section 11. article . of that document. |