Legal Opinion
Olsen v. Ivancevic
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 5, 1955No. 9266PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:
Joe Spoya died testate on the 8th day of May 1949, a resident of Missoula County. By his will he devised and bequeathed certain described property to certain named residents of Montana and then bequeathed a bank account in the Western Montana National Bank of Missoula, share and share alike, to six nieces residing in the Republic of Croatia, which forms with other territories the Republic of Yugoslavia.
The only question here involved is whether the nieces may take this bequest. The question arose on the petition of the executor for distribution of the estate. The district…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. HarkinsMontana Supreme Court · 1929
- People v. McGrathCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
- Miller v. MillerMontana Supreme Court · 1948
- Bond v. BirkMontana Supreme Court · 1952
- Estate of BlakCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Alexander SuttonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- State v. ClineMontana Supreme Court · 1976
- In Re Hofmann's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1957
- In Re Spoya's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1955
- Vinsova v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1963
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