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Alien heirs

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From 17 U.S. 453 - Orr v. Hodgson · 1819Most cited · 42 citing opinions

Where a person dies, leaving issue, who are aliens, the latter are not deemed his heirs-at-law, for they have no inheritable blood, and the estate descends to the next of kin, who have an inheritable blood, in the same manner as if no such alien issue were in existence.