Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1961No. 15PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
Pennsylvania law provides that “any real or personal property within or subject to the control of this Commonwealth . . . shall escheat to the Commonwealth” whenever it “shall be without a rightful or lawful owner,” “remain unclaimed for the period of seven successive years” or “the whereabouts of such owner . . . shall be and remain unknown for the period of seven successive years.” These proceedings were begun under that law in a Pennsylvania state court to escheat certain obligations of the Western Union Telegraph Company — alleged to be “property within” Pennsylvania — to pay sums of…
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