In re the Estate of Scher

S. Samuel DiFalco, S.

The executor appeals from the pro forma order of this court dated March 3, 1971 fixing the estate tax of the decedent who died- on July 10, 1970, in the sum of $686.99. The order was based upon a petition of the executor wherein an election was made to use values of five securities as of a date different from the date of death but the appraiser to whom this court referred the application to fix the estate tax valued the five securities as of date of death in the sum of $38,876.75 instead of the sum of $47,662.25, the date they were sold (Sept. 4, 1970), as requested by…