George v. People

This is an action to remove a cloud on plaintiffs’ title to certain land by reason of the State’s possible right of escheat. On behalf of the State the Attorney-General asks for a dismissal of the complaint on the ground that, as a matter of law, the State has a right to claim the title by escheat due to the alien status of the testator from whom plaintiffs derived their title.

*636On the court’s own motion the case has been reargued.

The facts are simple and undisputed. One Severio George (also known as Severio Ciorciari) executed his will on July 31, 1941, and died a resident of this county on…