Blinn v. Nelson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts are stated in the opinion. Even if the statute is constitutional as to provisions for receivership' and care of property of an absentee under Cunnius v. Reading School District, 198 U. S. 458, it is unconstitutional as to the provisions barring the absentee from recovering property after the expiration of fourteen years from the disappearance; the provisions as to the disposition of such property…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts are stated in the opinion. Even if the statute is constitutional as to provisions for receivership' and care of property of an absentee under Cunnius v. Reading School District, 198 U. S. 458, it is unconstitutional as to the provisions barring the absentee from recovering property after the expiration of fourteen years from the disappearance; the provisions as to the disposition of such property are unconstitutional, in that the notice which is required as the prerequisite to the proceedings is inadequate; the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a petition by the next of kin of an absentee for the distribution of her property in .the hands of the receiver; the appointment of the receiver, the taking of the property into his hands, and the present petition all being under Massachusetts Revised Laws, e. 144, and amendments to the same. The general scheme of the law is that in case of a person disappearing from Massachusetts to parts unknown, leaving no known agent in the State, but having an interest in property there, any one who would be entitled to administration may apply to the Probate Court for the appointment of the…
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- Terry v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- American Land Co. v. ZeissSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Turner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Cunnius v. Reading School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Kentucky Union Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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