Opinion

Bowers v. Evans

  • 173 Ohio St. (N.S.) 137
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Feb 28, 1962
Status
Published
Author
Bell
On the bench
Bell, Fourth, Herbert, Matthias, Neill, Place, Radcliff, Stead, Taft, Weygandt, Zimmerman
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Bell, J.,

concurring. Were we dealing here with the question of property rights a different conclusion might well be reached. We are, however, concerned solely with a statute that imposes a tax on successions. The authority of the General Assembly to impose such a tax is unquestioned provided the tests of reasonableness of classification and uniformity of application are met. I concur that those tests are met in this statute.

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