United States v. Fish
District Court, D. Alaska
Louis Camicia died intestate, and, so far as is known at this time, without heirs, at Valdez, Alaska, May 12, 1912, leaving estate consisting principally of real property, and some little personal property, in Valdez, Alaska.
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Louis Camicia died intestate, and, so far as is known at this time, without heirs, at Valdez, Alaska, May 12, 1912, leaving estate consisting principally of real property, and some little personal property, in Valdez, Alaska. The question in this case is: Does said estate escheat to the United States, or to’ the territory of Alaska? On July 31, 1912, letters of administration were granted by the probate court at Valdez to Administrators Fish and Caswell, who filed their final report, and a decree of said probate court was filed August 13, 1913, directing Administrator Fish to hold and…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
At the time of Camicia’s death the following was the law:
Carter’s Civ. Code, § 16S, par.- 7: “If the intestate shall leave no lineal descendants or kindred, such real property” shall escheat to the United States.”
Also Carter’s Civ. Code, § 182: “When any person shall die without heirs, leaving any real or personal property in the district, the same' shall escheat to and become the property of the United States.”
The remaining sections of this chapter provide for the manner of establishing the escheat, giving notice, entering judgment, and making sale.
On August 24, 1912,…
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