Legal Opinion
Dorrance's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 23, 1932No. Appeal, 41PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,
This case comes before us on appeal by the Commonwealth from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Delaware County setting aside an appraisement of the estate of John T. Dorrance for transfer inheritance tax purposes. The decree of the court below was based upon a finding, after hearing, that decedent was domiciled in Cinnamin-son Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, and not in Pennsylvania.
The appeal was taken under provisions of the Act of June 20, 1919, P. L. 521, and a preliminary question arises as to the scope of review in cases of this character.…
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