Monheim Estate

451 Pa. 489 (1973)

Monheim Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 13, 1973.

May 4, 1973.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

Frederick N. Frank, Assistant Attorney General, with him John M. Duff, Deputy Attorney General, and Israel Packel, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Ivan E. Birsic, with him Cauley, Birsic & Conflenti, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, May 4, 1973:

At issue in this appeal is the amount of transfer inheritance tax due on United States Government bonds valued at $48,760 which were registered in the…