Commonwealth Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Tamer

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

In August, 1941, there was filed in the Bell circuit court a petition in the name of the £ ‘ Commonwealth of Kentucky,” alleging that Tamer held title by deed to a block of property in Middlesboro, which he had held for more than twenty-one years. The petition signed by the Attorney General sought to escheat the block on the ground that when it was acquired Tamer was an alien, and had not, before or since, become a citizen of the United States, and that he and his wife were residents of Syria, non-residents of Kentucky and the United States.