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IN RE ESTATE OF GATCH

No. 31914.

153 Ohio St. 401 (1950)

IN RE ESTATE OF GATCH.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 19, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Gatch, Kleinmann, Roberts & Kuhn, for appellant, executor.

Mr. Herbert S. Duffy, attorney general, Mr. William C. Bryant and Mr. W. H. Annat, for appellee, Tax Commissioner.

TURNER, J.

We are called upon here to interpret item I of decedent's will, which provides:

"I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid out of my estate, and I further direct that all taxes, both state and federal shall be a charge against the principal of my estate and shall be paid therefrom and shall not be charged against the interest of any distributee."

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