McGillivray v. Langill

Paragraph two of decedent’s will relative to the payment of taxes refers only to property passing under the will. In the absence of a clear indication of contrary intent, the burden of paying the death taxes is left where the law places it.. Anno. 37 A. L. R. (2d) 28. The language of paragraph two of decedent’s will contains no reference to the joint property in question. No clear indication is revealed relative to the payment of death taxes on the joint property and the tax burden must therefore be left where the law has placed it.

Appellants, Catherine and Margaret McGillivray, contend that…