Young v. State
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah : Alfred. F. Sears, Jr., Judge. Action by Amos T. Young and others against the State of Oregon to recover the proceeds of the escheated property of one Fenstermacher. There was a judgment awarding plaintiffs the amount of the fund, less the expenses of this and two previous cases brought for the same purpose by other persons.
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From Multnomah : Alfred. F. Sears, Jr., Judge. Action by Amos T. Young and others against the State of Oregon to recover the proceeds of the escheated property of one Fenstermacher. There was a judgment awarding plaintiffs the amount of the fund, less the expenses of this and two previous cases brought for the same purpose by other persons. The state appealed from the whole judgment, and the plaintiffs took a cross appeal from that part of the judgment deducting from the fund the expenses of defending it.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
This is an action brought to recover the proceeds of property heretofore escheated to the state. The facts are that about thirty or forty years ago a man calling himself John Fenstermacher settled in Multnomah County, where he continued to reside until his death, in 1887, and in *419the meantime accumulated considerable property. He seems to have been a retiring, eccentric, and somewhat peculiar man, and, except in a very few instances, was reticent on the subject of his parentage, antecedents, and history. Dying intestate, unmarried, and without known heirs, his property was regularly escheated…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hamilton v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Byers Bros. v. WallaceTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Jackson ex dem. People v. EtzNew York Supreme Court · 1826
- Fenstermacher v. StateOregon Supreme Court · 1890
- Cuddy v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Luis v. MuhrbackOregon Supreme Court · 1907
- PETERS v. McKAYOregon Supreme Court · 1951
- In Re Wakefield's EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1939
- Southern Ins. Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Wood v. SpragueOregon Supreme Court · 1940
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