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In Re the Estate of Berry

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 24, 2007PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

The Estate of Helen H. Berry (Estate) appeals from an order of the Orphan’s Court of Venango County (trial court) that affirmed a decision and order of the Department of Revenue (Department) Board of Appeals which disallowed a valuation discount taken by Estate for Estate’s HJL Limited Family Partnership. We affirm.

HJL Family Limited Partnership (HJL) was formed January 30, 1998, when Helen H. Berry (Decedent) contributed $6,783,593.00 in cash and marketable securities in return for a one percent general partnership interest and a 97 percent limited partnership…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Estate of Theodore Thompson, Deceased, Betsy T. Turner v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  2. Estate of Kinert v. Pennsylvania Department of RevenueCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. In Re Estate of NeiderhiserCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004

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