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Jeffery's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 6, 1938No. Appeals, 275 and 276PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

These two appeals are from decrees of distribution of property under inter vivos trust deeds approving apportionment of federal estate taxes on property passing at the death of Charles T. Jeffery by will and trust deeds.

By will he disposed of property valued at $198,480.11; in the first paragraph, he directed payment of debts and funeral expenses; in the second, he gave the residue to his wife Kate R. Jeffery, and his daughter, Margaret C. Jeffery, in equal shares. In the third paragraph, 1 he dealt with certain inter vivos trusts.

The auditing judge found that the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Knowlton v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Reinecke v. Northern Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Young Men's Christian Assn. of Columbus v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. CARPENTER v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  5. Cahen v. BrewsterSupreme Court of the United States · 1906

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Mellon EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Wahr EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Hoffmann EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Wilmington Trust Co. v. CopelandSupreme Court of Delaware · 1953
  5. Parlato v. McCarthySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949

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