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ESTATE OF BRANT

463 Pa. 230 (1975)

344 A.2d 806

ESTATE of Elmina R. BRANT, Deceased. Appeal of the COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Dopko, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellant.

Cassin W. Craig, Norristown, for appellee Lois H. Brownback.

Robert B. Brunner, Norristown, for appellee, Robert B. Evans, Executor of Est. of Elmina R. Brant, Dec'd; Wisler, Pearlstine, Talone, Craig & Garrity, Brunner, Conver & Glackin, Norristown, of counsel.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is another inheritance tax appeal, consuming judicial time and the litigants' resources, which might have been avoided had there been adequate explanation of the alternatives to and consequences of a joint tenancy savings account to a depositor who sought merely a convenience account. See Gillespie Estate, 462 Pa. 467, 341 A.2d 471 (1975); Olson Estate,

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