Brandenburger v. State

The facts in this case are not in dispute. Jesse Laurence died in California on February 12, 1930, leaving a small estate which, after administration by the public administrator, was distributed to decedent’s mother, Julia Candida de Jesus, “residing at Terceira, Azores Islands,” in June, 1931. The estate so distributed consisted of $431.17 in cash. It was never collected by the distributee, but was first deposited in the county treasury, and on January 27, 1941, transferred to the state treasury.

Julia Candida de Jesus died in Portugal on December 30, 1934. On January 29, 1945, plaintiff…