Legal Opinion

Vanuxem's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 22, 1905No. Appeal, No. 257PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal, No. 257, Jan. T., 1904, by William Potter et al., executors, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co., April T., 1904, No. 7, confirming the report of the collateral appraisement in estate of Louis C. Vanuxem, deceased. Appeal from appraisement of collateral inheritance tax.

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Appeal, No. 257, Jan. T., 1904, by William Potter et al., executors, from decree of O. C. Montgomery Co., April T., 1904, No. 7, confirming the report of the collateral appraisement in estate of Louis C. Vanuxem, deceased. Appeal from appraisement of collateral inheritance tax. Solly, P. J., -filed the following opinion: Louis C. Vanuxem, a resident of the township of Springfield, this county, died therein on December 21, 1903, unmarried and testate, leaving no lineal descendants. His will is dated October 16, 1902, and has several codicils attached. In the third item he gives general…

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Opinion by

Mb. Justice Potteb,

Louis C. Vanuxem, Esq., of Springfield township, Montgomery county, made his last will and testament dated October 16, 1903. By item seven of his will he gives his executors full power and discretion to sell any or all of his real estate, whenever any such sale be necessary or expedient for any purpose of his estate, of administration, distribution or otherwise. -He was seized of certain real estate in Tennessee and Illinois, and upon this property, the appraiser of collateral inheritance tax, assessed taxes. This was done upon the ground that the directions in…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. In re Estate of SanfordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  2. Chamberlain's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  3. In Re Estate of DodgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  4. Reel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  5. Peters v. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1937

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