Neville v. Estate of Simonin

CRIST, Judge.

Claimant James Neville’s propositus, Hannah Simonin (decedent), died intestate in 1973, leaving an estate of over $92,700.00. Decedent’s administrator determined she had no known heirs, and on the final settlement of her estate paid the money to the state Director of Revenue for deposit in the state’s “escheats” fund pursuant to § 470.-010, RSMo 1978 (all further references to statutory sections are to RSMo 1978):

If any person die intestate, seized of any real or personal property, leaving no heirs or representatives capable of inheriting the same ... such real and personal…