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ESTATE OF KNAPP

Docket No. L.A. 21178.

37 Cal.2d 827 (1951)

236 P.2d 372

Estate of GEORGE OWEN KNAPP, Deceased. FREDERICK A. GODLEY, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 23, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heaney, Price, Postel & Parma for Appellant.

James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, Morton L. Baker and Raymond G. LaNoue, Deputy Inheritance Tax Attorneys, and Bert G. Wetherby, Assistant Inheritance Tax Attorney, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

The testator, George Owen Knapp, bequeathed to his son William Jared Knapp an annuity of $10,000 per year from each of five testamentary trusts, a total of $50,000 per year for life. Upon William's death his wife Louise Allen Knapp, if then living, was to receive an annuity of $15,000 per year from each of the five trusts, a total of $75,000 per year for life. Upon Louise's death, or upon William's death if Louise was not then living, the remainders were...

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