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WRIGHT ESTATE

391 Pa. 405 (1958)

Wright Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 22, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar M. Hansen, with him Arthur Littleton, Richard K. Stevens, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, for residuary legatees.

Cuthbert H. Latta, with him William C. Chase and Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, for pre-residuary legatee and devisee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, January 22, 1958:

Abram K. Wright died June 15, 1951, at the age of 82. He had lived in the borough of Clearfield all of his life, had never married, and left no close relatives to survive him at his death. His gross estate exceeded $2,600,000 and had a net worth (after debts and administration expenses but before death taxes) of $2,450,000 which the decedent disposed of by a will executed...

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