Yore v. Cook

That the fund in question was derived from real estate, as the result of the condemnation of, and payment for, lands, does not affect its character when received in money by the deceased, and handed to Mr. McCagg.

Personal property is distributed in accordance with the law of the intestate’s domicile. Kent’s Commentaries, 12th Ed., Vol. 2, p. 430, 431; Russell v. Madden, 95 Ill. 485; Young v. Wittenmyre, 123 Ill. 303; Cooper v. Beers, 143 Ill. 25; Walker v. Welker, 55 Ill. App. 118.

Undoubtedly Mr. McCagg held this money in trust for its owner, Mrs. Yore, but such trust did not change its…