Legal Opinion
Hindman v. United States
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided October 24, 1950PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHay, J.
This case presents for consideration the question whether or not the United States of America is competent to take .property by devise in the state of Oregon.
*66Lillie Lela Moore died in Douglas County, Oregon, on May 14, 1940, leaving a will winch was admitted to probate in the county court for said county on May 23, 1940.. In her will the testatrix, after making several small bequests, devised and bequeathed the residue of her estate, both real and personal, to “the Government of the United States of America’’. The estate was appraised at about $10,000.
On May 14, 1941, the testatrix's heirs at…
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