Kennedy v. Gatz

HODGE, District Judge.

The sole question to be decided in this case is whether the State of Alaska, as successor in interest to the Territory of Alaska, or heirs of an intestate claiming property theretofore escheated to the Territory, are entitled to dividends collected by the Territory upon corporate stock, being a portion of the escheated estate, during the period when the Territory held the estate and prior to establishment of the claim of the heirs. The Attorney General of the United States represents the heirs by reason of vesting orders as residents of Germany. Jurisdiction of the court…