Anderson v. Department of Justice

This case involves the validity and priority of assignments of the proceeds from the estate of Marvin Vaughn. The dispositive issue is the validity of a purported assignment made by Thomas Vaughn, an heir of the estate, to the Department of Human Resources (state). The case was tried on stipulated facts contained in an affidavit of the personal representative of the estate, an order of the Circuit Court of Coos County and a written assignment from Thomas C. Vaughn to Homemaker’s Finance and Real Estate Loans. (Homemaker’s). No other evidence was presented.

On June 6, 1977, Thomas C. Vaughn…