Legal Opinion

White Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided May 14, 1948No. 2446 of 1947PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Hunter, J.,

The estate is insufficient to satisfy all legacies, and preference has been given to the specific legacies.

The specific legacies as determined by the adjudication are of the value of $156,000, and the general legacies $31,400. The net estate is $191,000 before estate and inheritance taxes. Payment of all legacies could have been made, and a small residue of $3,600 remain, had not testatrix directed that all legacies should be tax free, and the taxes paid out of residuary estate. Estate and inheritance taxes amount to $33,000, which is a tentative figure, subject to adjustment.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Harvey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  2. Stadtfeld EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Thompson v. Wanamaker's TrusteeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. Uber's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Kenworthy's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Landmark Trust Co. v. AitkenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992

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