Tracy Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bok,
Testatrix died on October 3, 1947, and probate of her will and the grant of letters followed. Under her testament the income from her estate was payable to her sisters until the death of the survivor of them, when the corpus was to be distributed to certain named charities.
The surviving sister died on December 1, 1958.
At the time of testatrix’s death the bequests to charity were taxable under the Act of June 20, 1919, P. L. 521, Art. I, §1, as amended, 72 PS §2301. By Acts of May 28,1956, P. L. (1955) 1757, and of July 11,1957, P. L. 821, 72 PS §2301.1, both made…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Crawford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Houston's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Commonwealth v. StumpSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Warden TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Parsowith v. Com., Dept. of RevenueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Moore EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Kerr EstateYork County Orphans' Court · 1961
- Parsowith v. Commonwealth, Department of RevenueCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Alexander Trust, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1974
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