turned over to such heirs
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From 324 U.S. 316 - Drummond v. United States · 1945Most cited · 99 citing opinions
The statute had in mind the judicial process of ascertaining the heir and the completion of that process by court action whereby the land was 'turned over' to the ascertained heir. When the Oklahoma court decreed that Pitts was Mamie's heir, the land in the sensible use of the phrase 'turned over' was turned over to Pitts.