Legal Opinion
James R. Turton v. Margaret R. Turton, Margaret R. Turton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1981No. 79-2951PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this action by a decedent’s heir against the administrators of the decedent’s estate in Belize, we hold that the judgment of the district court exceeded its subject matter jurisdiction and that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the party it attempted to bind.
This case concerns the assets of the estate of Robert Sydney Turton, Sr. Turton was a British subject and a resident of British Honduras (now the country of Belize), where he died in 1955. The decedent’s will was admitted to probate in a primary administration in the Supreme Court of British Honduras,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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