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IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

489 Pa. 199 (1980)

413 A.2d 1083

In re ESTATE of Wallace T. BROWN, Deceased. In re ESTATE of Marie B. LONG, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer D. Hirshberg, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

John Duff, Lawrence Barth, Deputy Attys. Gen., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

These are appeals from the final Decrees of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Orphans' Court Division. The lower court upheld an inheritance tax assessment on securities held in a joint account created by decedent, Wallace T. Brown, naming himself and his sister, Marie B. Long, as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Marie B. Long died on September 14,...

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