King ex rel. Wilson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe motion of tbe defendant and tbe facts and evidence apon wbicb it rested are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. It has long since been determined that succession to tbe personal estate of a deceased person is governed by tbe law of his domicile at tbe time of bis death, and tbe proper place for tbe principal administration of bis estate is that domicile.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe motion of tbe defendant and tbe facts and evidence apon wbicb it rested are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. It has long since been determined that succession to tbe personal estate of a deceased person is governed by tbe law of his domicile at tbe time of bis death, and tbe proper place for tbe principal administration of bis estate is that domicile. And that administration may also be taken out in any place in which he leaves personal property. (WiThins v. Fllert, 108 U. S. P., p. 258.) To support tbe contention of claimant it must be shown that…
1Opinion of the Court
Eichardson, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
May 8,1880, Kerwin Wilson filed in this court his petition alleging, in substance, that he was a settler on Fort Eandall military reservation, in Dakota, in part set aside for military purposes and in part transferred to the Department of the Interior by authority of the act of May 18, 1874 (18 Stat. L., 47); that he made improvements thereon which have been appraised at $485.50 by a military board of survey convened at said fort under instructions from the War Department, dated March 3,1871; that he vacated said land and improvements when…
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