Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-15 | Page 1 | Uniform Plan for Probating Wills Favored

UNIFORM PLAN FOR PROBATING i WILLSFAVDRED National Conference on State Laws Takes Action Upon Another Most Important Matter ONLY ONE STATE VOTES NEGATIVELY Change in Constitution and By laws of the Organization Organiza-tion Is Voted by the Members By a vote of IT to 1 the natlona on ference of commissioners on uniform itate laws u n ght appro ed the un r m aot for he probating of wlls A a n In states other han that In wh h pr party Is held, or drawn In fo elg cou es. This uniform act is almost Identical with the ttah Uw on thle eubjeot Other states w th lans on th b subject when are similar to the uniform act opproved by the conference Ine ude California. luslana and Vermont The Uw pro-vMes pro-vMes that If the win conforms to tbe laws of the stile In which It is drawn and has been admitted to probate or authenticated In tbe eute or country In which It was drawn It shall be admitted to probate In tlie etate where any prop erty may have been eft by the ttsu tor The necessity for such a law resulted from tbe dleco ery of attorneys In prac Uce that It wee often difficult to prove ownership of property held la etatce other than that In which the late owner re elded The wide arUhce of the statutes on the prgbatlsf: of wills often was the occasion for much litigation and the cause of much snnoysnee to the belrs ahS their attorneys Still greater trouble was experienced where the wills were drawn In foreign countries. ote on the Measure The bill was prepared by a committee of which W O Hart of New Orleans was the chairman The committee worked on the preparation of this Mil for Sve ears The first draft of the measure was submitted sub-mitted to the conference ln 1913 the see ond draft In ltlt and the third at the present conference Tbe only dissenting vote on the measure laet night was cast by Judse Henry Stockbrtdge of Maryland The roll csU by states on the measure follows Aes District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho Illinois Kansas Lou s ana, Masaa chusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey North Dakota Pennsylvania, Utah, Texas, Ver mont Mrglnla, Wyoming Washing ton 17 No Maryland Pol owing- the approval of the act on the probating of foretsm wins, Mr Hart n-oved a reconslderat on by which the Torrens land registration act was ap proved After a conference w th his as oolites he consented to withhold the mot on until Monday forenoon. Should tbe motion be adopted, some of the fee tores of the Torrens act as approved may be changed before It Is again final y sdoptod by the oonforence Constitution Revised Aside from the approval of the wins aet the most Important business of the conference esterday was the revision of the censt tution and by laws of the conference. Tho revls on was made by a spec si comm ttee of which Ws ter Geo ge Smith of Pennsylvan a, former president of the conference was chair majt and the report of thle committee was rev sed and recommended by the executive committee of the conference. The changes In the constitution and by (Continued on Page Ten.) I in pli on WILLS IS APPROVED I (Continued from Pace One.) I laws had reference largely to the detail of the work of the conference and changed In no 6ene the scope of the I work of the coram as oners The revls on 1 was made by the unan mous vo e of the conference. A la ge portion of the day was occu ' p ed In a de & led d scuss on of the Ilm j lted partnersh p act prepared by the com m ttee on comm fcclal law of which Mr Smitl la the cha. rman The act taelf was a af ed by TV 11 am D aper Lew s former dean of the law sc ool of the Xjnl ers tj of Pennmlvan a now head of the d af ng bu eau of the "New ork legls a ure Th a act has for ts pu pose u the unifying of laws reatlng to the lia : bil ty of the so called a ent pa ner The measure was before the conference for the f rst time jeaterday Under Advisement T e committee did not seek to secure for the bi 1 the approval of the present onference but merelj to present the ; measure explain ts sec ons and ask that the com mi tee stud It during the en suing year that action relatl e to it might I be taken next year Judge H H. "Wls6n 1 of Nebraska presided over the commit i tee of the who e which cons dered the I 11ml ted partnership act. Severs resolutions re atlve to pending uniform measures were introduced yes terday and referred to the executive com mlttee Among these was one which authorized the off ce a of the conference to confer wit delegates to the Pan American conference on uniformity of laws Judge Vi H Staake pres dent of the conference said he believed that such action was beyond the power of the off! cers of the conference The conference w 1 meet again on Mon day when the comm salon ere will pass on proposed egisatlon re atl e to the i use and deeecrat on of the American flag This legls atlon wl 1 be presented to the comm es oners b VT O Hart of New 1 Orleans acting cha rman of the commit tee having this subject In charge Presl dent Staake on Monday will announce to the conference the membership of the standing and specia committees of the conference for the ensuing year A portion of tomorrow a eess on will be devoted to further consideration of the fifth ten atlve draft of the uniform , Incorporation act and of the first draft of the proposed act governing the filing of articles of incorporation of fore gn cor fporatlons The conference w 11 not at tempt to app ove of these acta at this ireetlng and the dlscussin wl 1 be with a view to glv ne the committee on Incor poratlona the benefit of the exohange of the views of the corn miss oners.