ESTATE OF LINDNER

Docket No. 42317.

85 Cal.App.3d 219 (1978)

149 Cal. Rptr. 331

Estate of MARJORIE DUNNE LINDNER, Deceased. HELEN CULLINAN, Petitioner and Respondent, v. LYNNE DUNNE et al., as Executors, etc., Objectors and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Arthur B. Dunne for Objectors and Appellants.

Cullinan, Burns & Helmer and Vincent Cullinan for Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

This appeal presents a question of construction concerning the intended meaning of a testamentary direction that all specific bequests be exonerated from payment of death taxes, shifting liability therefor to the remaining estate. Upon examination of the limited record, we conclude that the trial court properly interpreted the provisions of the tax-relief clause to include gifts of specified interests...

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