Legal Opinion
United States v. Oregon
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1961No. 329PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
Adam Warpouske, an Oregon resident, died in a United States Veterans’ Administration Hospital in Oregon without a will or legal heirs, leaving a net estate composed of personal property worth about $13,000. Oregon law pro*644vides that such property shall escheat to the State.1 A United States statute, on the other hand, provides that when a veteran dies without a will or legal heirs in a veterans’ hospital, his personal property “shall immediately vest in and become the property of the United States as trustee for the sole use and benefit of the General Post Fund . ...”2 In reliance upon these…
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