Glynn v. Corning’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““■The question presented is whether the will of a person domiciled in another state, who died leaving an estate within this state, may be admitted to probate here before its validity is established in a proceeding in the couiis of the domicile of the testator. * * * It is plain that the Legislature has recognized the right of the courts of the domicile of a testator to conclusively determino the validity of the will, and quite as plain that the courts of the domicile of this testator have made no such determination. It has been repeatedly held that the issue here upon the offering of a domestic will for probate is ‘will or no will.’ We have then these two methods provided by the Legislature for admitting wills of deceased persons to probate: One, to try out every issue upon which validity of the instrument depends; the other. 10 accept the determination of all of these issues by the courts of the domicile of the testator. There is no method pointed out for admitting a will here as valid to the extent of appointment of an administrator of the estate, leaving the question of its validity to be determined at the domicile of the i estator. It is not conceivable that the courts of this state will inquire about and finally decide that a certain instrument is, or is not, a valid will, subject to having the determination reversed by the courts of any other state. Assuming the right of each state to assert complete jurisdiction in rem over all property of decedents found within the st”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Higgins v. Eaton