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ESTATE OF ARMSTRONG

Docket No. L.A. 26008.

56 Cal.2d 796 (1961)

366 P.2d 490

17 Cal. Rptr. 138

Estate of LAURA B. ARMSTRONG, Deceased. ROY E. BOLSTAD, Petitioner and Appellant, v. WELLS FARGO BANK AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee, etc., et al., Objectors and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 16, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Whiting for Petitioner and Appellant.

Robert J. White, Charles H. Clifford and Heller, Ehrman, White and McAuliffe for Objectors and Respondents.

PETERS, J.

The basic question presented on this appeal is whether the probate court correctly decided that the federal estate and state inheritance taxes were entirely payable from the probate estate of the testatrix or should have been prorated over her entire taxable estate.

The problem arises under the following state of facts. The decedent, Laura B. Armstrong, died testate on May 20, 1956, leaving her entire...

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