“IN this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,” said old Ben Franklin who routinely used to come up with such 18th century witticisms when he wasn’t flying kites during thunderstorms.
The French, however, took this a little too seriously. Determined to put Ben’s proposition to the test, French authorities sent a demand for property duties to a dead woman — addressed to her grave in a small town in Brittany.
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