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CUNNINGHAM ESTATE

395 Pa. 1 (1959)

Cunningham Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 12, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Morris, for life tenants.

William White, Jr., in propria persona, with him Thomas S. Weary, and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for trustee ad litem, and Walter M. Burkhardt, for trustee.

Paul Maloney, with him Francis M. Richards, Jr., and Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton, for interested persons, under Rule 46.

Ella Graubart, with her Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg & Dunn, for interested person, under Rule 46.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, January 12, 1959:

These appeals involve a reexamination of the century-old "Pennsylvania Rule of Apportionment" with particular reference to its application to certain stock distributions made to a trustee1 by the General Electric Company and the Gulf Oil Corporation.

Edith B. Cunningham died testate, October 11, 1933. By will she created a trust of her residuary estate and appointed as...

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