Field, C. J. These cases make it necessary for us to determine the constitutionality of St. 1891, c. 425. The objections urged against this statute are that the right of succession to property on the death of the owner is a necessary incident of property which is protected by the Constitution of Massachusetts ; that a tax upon such succession is in effect a tax upon the property, and is subject to the limitations put upon a tax u…
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