Danks v. Herrmann

This case involves the question of escheat.

On March 6, 1925, William McManis, an inmate of the State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, died intestate, leaving $3,277.97 in cash. Upon application of one of the commissioners of the home, the county court of Rio Grande county appointed an administrator of the decedent’s estate. On May 24, 1926, the administrator presented his final report showing the expenditure of $407.15, leaving a balance of $2,870.82 in his hands for distribution. The court ordered the money paid to the commandant of the home and discharged the administrator. Thereafter the…