Shea v. State

Opinion

DAVID, J.*

On this appeal, we aré called upon to determine whether a young Rumanian boy, Carol Roland Tischler, who is a nonresident alien, is entitled to receive the proceeds of a California bank account as heir of his father, Marc Tischler, who was the sole heir of Carol Roland Tischler’s long-deceased grandfather and namesake, Carol Tischler.

The relevant facts were stipulated.

The sole asset of the estate was a bank account of Carol Tischler, alien resident of Rumania, in the Crocker-Anglo National Bank of San Francisco. On behalf of the appellant, the public administrator was…