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KRITZ ESTATE

387 Pa. 223 (1956)

Kritz Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Snyder, Deputy Attorney General, with him Irvin Stander, Deputy Attorney General, and Herbert B. Cohen, Attorney General, for appellant.

H. Ober Hess, with him Bruce L. Castor, and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, December 29, 1956:

Under the Transfer Inheritance Tax Act of June 20, 1919, P.L. 521, as amended, may a debt of the decedent be deducted in computing the tax even if it is not collectible from the testamentary estate nor enforceable against the property taxed? In our opinion the court below was correct in answering this question in the affirmative.

Florence S. Kritz, the decedent, died October 30, 1953. During her...

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