Estate of Cullen
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County
No. 147 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 210 January Term 1882 [?], O. C. Peter Cullen died September 5,1881, leaving a will whereby he bequeathed his entire estate to his “friend, Annie E. Costello.”
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No. 147 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 210 January Term 1882 [?], O. C. Peter Cullen died September 5,1881, leaving a will whereby he bequeathed his entire estate to his “friend, Annie E. Costello.” A caveat against the admission of the will to probate having been filed by certain persons, as the collateral heirs of the testator, letters of administration pendente lite were granted to the Guarantee Trust and Safe-Deposit Company, on October 22, 1881. After long-continued litigation over the will, the contest was finally compromised by the parties in interest, and on July 3,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
We are of opinion that the Orphans’ Court took the proper *25view of the twentieth section of the act of May 6, 1887, relating to the collateral inheritance tax. The opinion of the learned judge below is so clear and satisfactory that we are spared a discussion of the case, and we affirm the decree for the reasons given by him.
Decree affirmed, and the appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellants.
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