In re the Estate of Ganter

Joseph A. Cox, S.

The testator’s will disposes of articles of tangible personal property and of substantial dollar amounts either as absolute bequests to relatives and friends or in the form of trusts for the benefit of such persons. In the article of the will designated Fourteenth, which immediately follows such dispositions of general and specific legacies, there is language which constitutes a direction that certain bequests be paid free of “ inheritance or succession or transfer taxes ” and such taxes be paid from the testator’s “ general estate.” It is recognized that this language…