The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law, and not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers it may impose conditions upon it. The New Hampshire Reports - Страница 628написао/ла New Hampshire. Supreme Court - 1887Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| American Economic Association - 1918 - 732 страница
...only upon the general advantage." And again, Justice McKenna of the United States Supreme Court says: "The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law and not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers it may impose conditions... | |
| Missouri. Supreme Court - 1918 - 882 страница
...equaled by the paucity of reasoning by wbich it is supported. In its simplest form it is thus stated: 'The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law and not a natural right.' [Magoun v. 111. T. & S. Bank, 170 US 283, 18 Sup. Ct. 594.] In Eyre v. Jacob,... | |
| 1919 - 1084 страница
...Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, 170 US 283, 18 Sup. Ct. 594, 42 L. Ed. 1037, it was said : "The right to take property by devise or descent Is the creature of the law, and not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers It may Impose conditions... | |
| 1919 - 668 страница
...only upon the general advantage." And again, Justice McKenna of the United States Supreme Court says: "The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law and not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers it may impose conditions... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - 1919 - 1184 страница
...our determination. In the case of Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank (170 US 283) it was said: " The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law, and not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers it may impose conditions... | |
| 1919 - 1086 страница
...Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, 170 US 283, 18 Sup. Ct. 594, 42 L. Ed. 1037, it was said: "The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the ln\v, nnd not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers it may impose... | |
| John H. Hoffman, David M. Wood - 1921 - 142 страница
...based on two principles: 1. An inheritance tax is not one on the property but one on the succession; 2. The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law, and not a natural right or privilege, and, therefore, the authority which confers the right may impose... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1921 - 628 страница
...based on two principles: (1) An inheritance tax is not one on property, but one on the succession. (2) The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law, and not a natural right — a privilege, and therefore the authority which confers it may impose conditions... | |
| 1922 - 260 страница
...succession, or decedent's estate tax, so called, is a tax on the succession and not on the property itself. The right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law and the authority which confers the right may impose conditions upon it. The States and the United States... | |
| Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1922 - 808 страница
...of John D. McDermid to devise his property is controlled by law. It has been definitely settled that the right to take property by devise or descent is the creature of the law, and not a natural right: Magoun v. Bank, 170 US 283 (42 L. Ed. 1037, 38 Sup. Ct. Rep. 594); United States... | |
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