Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“The sovereign state, however, has neither desire nor moral right to escheat property, if there are in fact heirs, even though they may be negligent or dilatory in establishing their heirship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It has always been the law of this state that on failure of title from defect of heirs the property of a decedent should escheat to the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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