Legal Opinion

McIntosh's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1927No. Appeal, 143PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The Commonwealth, as appellant, states the following question involved: “Two collateral relatives [an aunt, Caroline McIntosh, and a niece, Adelaide A. Moore, who had lived together as one family for many years], each owning real estate, convey the same to a third person for the purpose of having it reconveyed to them as joint tenants with the right of survivorship; [the reconveyance takes place], and [the annt] dies, the survivor thereby becoming seized of the whole of the said real estate. Is the interest of the decedent in the said real estate, so passing, taxable under the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Spangler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Leach's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  3. Lessee of Davidson v. HeydomSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1798
  4. Leach's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1924

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mardis, Administratrix v. SteenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. American Oil Co. v. FalconerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. In Re Gerling's EstateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
  4. Hoffert v. Bastian, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1945
  5. Suelthaus v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957

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