Zschernig v. Miller

This case concerns the disposition of the estate of a resident of Oregon who died there intestate in 1962. Appellants are decedent’s sole heirs and they are residents of East Germany. Appellees include members of the State Land Board that petitioned the Oregon probate court for the escheat of the net proceeds of the estate under the provisions of Ore. Rev. Stat. § 111.070 (1957),1 which provides for escheat in cases where a nonresident alien claims real or personal property unless three requirements are satisfied:(1) the existence of a reciprocal right of a United States citizen to take…