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Lander Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 16, 1965No. Appeal, 198Published

1Opinion of the Court

416 Pa. 605 (1965)

Lander Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 30, 1964.

March 16, 1965.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Conrad Pearson, with him Knox, Weber, Pearson & McLaughlin, for appellants.

Frederick F. Jones, with him Gifford, Graham, MacDonald & Illig, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, March 16, 1965:

The question involved is narrow but important. Under the language of testatrix's will, were Pennsylvania Inheritance taxes and Federal Estate taxes on her jointly-owned property, payable out of her residuary estate or…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Chase National Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. Riggs v. Del DragoSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Helvering v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Newlin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Burleigh EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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