O'DONNELL ESTATE


85 Pa. D. & C. 573 (1953)

O'Donnell Estate

Common Pleas Court of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Marzzacco, for Commonwealth.

Wm. M. Murphy, for respondent.


BRADY, P.J., June 30, 1953.

This case came before us on citation by the Register of Wills of Lackawanna County to show cause why one half of the balance held in a joint bank account with right of survivorship, by two sisters, on the death of one of the cotenants, should not be made subject to the payment of a transfer tax as an accrual to the surviving joint tenant.

The issue raised by the surviving joint tenant is that there are due and owing debts of the...

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