Gillette v. Stewart

As pointed out in the foregoing opinion, the facts alleged in the complaint indicate that the nature of the rights in the remainders created by the second paragraph of the will of Alice Buck may very likely have been determined in the course of the judicial proceedings in Massachusetts, and if that be so, the decision there made would be conclusive upon us; Uterhart v. United States, 240 U. S. 598, 603, 36 Sup. Ct. 417; In re Trufort, L. R. 36 Ch. Div. 600, 611; 2 Wharton on Conflict of Laws (3d Ed.) p. 1357; 1 Woerner on American Law of Administration (3d Ed.) p. 553; we would not be…