Yonley v. Lavender
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Arkansas; the case being thus: By the constitution and laws of Arkansas the probate of wills and the grant of letters testamentary and of administration, are matters wholly within the jurisdiction of the Probate Court.
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Error to the Supreme Court of Arkansas; the case being thus: By the constitution and laws of Arkansas the probate of wills and the grant of letters testamentary and of administration, are matters wholly within the jurisdiction of the Probate Court. One statute thus enacts: “All actions commenced against any executor or administrator after the death of the testator or intestate, shall be considered demands legally exhibited against such estate from the time of serving the original process on the executor or administrator, and shall be classed accordingly.* “ All demands against any estate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
The several States of the Union necessarily have full control over the estates of deceased persons within their respective limits, and we see no groünd on which the validity of the sale in question can be sustained. To sustain it would be in effect to nullify the administration laws of the State by giving to creditors out of the State greater privileges in the distribution of estates than creditors in the State enjoy. It is easy to see, if the non-resident creditor, by suing in the Federal courts of Arkansas, acquires a right to subject the assets of the estate to seizure and sale for the…
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