Legal Opinion

Burch Estate

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County

Decided November 13, 1973No. 13Published

1Opinion of the Court

MacPHAIL, P. J.,

An exception has been filed to the statement of proposed distribution as set forth by the executor of the last will and testament of Rae Crum Burch, deceased. Briefs *311have been filed and arguments heard and the matter is now before us for disposition.

In her will testatrix provided, inter aha:

“FIFTH: I bequeath the remaining seventy per cent (70%) of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, subject to the payment of all Pennsylvania inheritance taxes that may be due from my estate, in equal shares to the American Heart Association and the American Arthritis Association.”

Dece…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Berks County Tuberculosis Society AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Metzger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  3. Darlington's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Mercantile National Bank at Dallas v. National Cancer Research FoundationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972

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