IN RE ESTATE OF COLLIN

No. 77-1642.

368 So.2d 1350 (1979)

In re ESTATE OF Frederic C. COLLIN, Deceased.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Cooney, Jr. of Coe & Broberg, Palm Beach, George S. Okell, Jr., West Palm Beach, Paty, Downey, Lewis, Eaton, Fick & Martin, Palm Beach, for appellants.

James Pressly, Jr. of Gunster, Yoakley, Criser, Stewart & Hersey, Palm Beach, for appellees.


LETTS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a lower court ruling that the Florida apportionment statute was not applicable to a residuary estate devised and bequeathed to a combination of charitable and non-charitable beneficiaries; such a result arrived at, notwithstanding the fact that the will contained no explicit language shifting the exclusive tax burden away from those liable for the tax. We affirm.

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