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DELAWARE TRUST CO. v. BLACKSTONE

81 A.2d 126 (1951)

DELAWARE TRUST CO. v. BLACKSTONE et al.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

May 17, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Van Brunt, Jr., of Killoran & Van Brunt, of Wilmington, for the complainant.

Vincent A Theisen, of Wilmington, for the respondent, Margaret Patterson Blackstone.

Albert J. Stiftel, of Wilmington, for Albert L. Massey, Guardian ad litem for the minor respondents.

WOLCOTT, Chancellor.

The testator died August 31, 1949 leaving a will and codicil which were duly admitted to probate. Item VI of the codicil provided in part as follows: "Item VI. I further order and direct that all Federal and State estate, inheritance and other succession taxes, whether assessed against my estate as a whole, any specific devise or bequest, any distributive share thereof, or any life estate or interest vested in remainder by the terms of my last...

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