Security-First National Bank v. Clark

Petitioners appeal from a probate decree determining heirship and that decedent’s estate escheated to the United States.

Facts: Marie W. Peters died on or about May 15, 1944. She left a will under the terms of which one third of her *724estate was bequeathed to two legatees who were residents of Germany; the remaining two thirds of the estate was bequeathed to unnamed issue of persons named in the will, also residents of Germany.

The estate consisted entirely of personal property with the exception of one piece of real property which decedent, just prior to her death, had contracted to sell. The…