Kolbow v. State
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John B. McClernan, Judge. In the Matter of the settlement of the estate of Charles Colbert, deceased, in which Johann Kolbow and others residents of the German empire, sought to be declared heirs of the deceased, the state through the attorney general answered, controverting the rights of the petitioners. From a judgment dismissing the complaint of petitioners and an order denying them a new trial, they appeal.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John B. McClernan, Judge. In the Matter of the settlement of the estate of Charles Colbert, deceased, in which Johann Kolbow and others residents of the German empire, sought to be declared heirs of the deceased, the state through the attorney general answered, controverting the rights of the petitioners. From a judgment dismissing the complaint of petitioners and an order denying them a new trial, they appeal. By subdivision 25, Article III of the.Constitution, aliens are put upon the same footing as citizens of this state as to the inheritance…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantlt
Charles Colbert died intestate in Silver Bow county on February 14, 1901. He left an estate, consisting of real and personal property, of an estimated value of $45,000. Of this total $4,000 was money on deposit. The real estate is described as “about sixteen acres of land, being'portions of survey Nos. 996 A. B. and C, Emery Placer, and Survey No. 1702, Otisko Lode, excepting portions of the surface, which do not belong to the estate.” The estate has been in process of administration by the district court of Silver Bow county, and has not yet been closed. So far as was ascertainable at the…
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