Palmer v. Mitchell

The sole question for determination is whether the course of descent of the fund in controversy is to be determined and the fund distributed as of 'the date of the death of the beneficiary, William Ross Palmer (October 11, 1924), as held by the common pleas court, or as of the date of Basil’s death (July 18, 1918), as held by the Court of Appeals.

This question only becomes important in view of the claim that the Ohio statute controlling the descent of personal property was materially changed between the years 1918 and 1924. The departmental officer of the federal government paid to the…