Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-07-29 | Page 2 | Brother Given Riches by Utah Court

BRUTHER ER IVEN RICHES IBY UTAH G U T Marence larence Dopp of f Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan gan an to Receive ift by River Victim Money J in Local Bank m. m P II Clarence arenCe Dopp of ot Michigan 11 wt will o cd approximately le let t tl l Ibis ls halt bro half brother her Geurge George O. O rench ench according o o 0 an of or state supreme court Tuesday by Jus Jas J. J E. E Frick and aid firming judgment af Jr the third rUs- rUs c court L 2 0 e state of ot Utah con contending la because no h heir lr of French had pe tc Ie ca calm tit the Inheritance In five y var yar at of death amount should escheat to the lite te for tor Jett t of or the sta state slats school d was aT French Fench rom the he record was a asden of tf Chicago Ills His b body dy was d in th th- th agO river Novem- Novem r 22 22 1915 1 h was was' idas as such sich vat nsf buried burled at ard d tho entity f of ci f tha Lody tody was not irot ell es- until January 28 Gregory egOry T T. T Van Meter public adf ad- ad f of Cook county Ill was med domiciliary administrator of state and when it was learned at on deposit in the Zion and Trust company here is property of the estate Beverly Cl was appointed audi audi- r administrator of ot that amount with interest over the period I sit now exceeds At I point the state of Utah Interned Inter inter- n ned nd d in the probate proceedings up the contention that under l lah cm h statutes an estate unclaimed v years after the or of dedent dedent de- de dent escheats to the state for the m fit of the state school fund The e contest In the district court to focus when the ad- ad and heir agreed with isel for the state as to toa t a state state- mt ent pt of facts which was submit submit- state state-j ajio Mo Xo the court After Atter ae- ae atlon the Third district court Td d that the law of ot escheat could old under the circumstances The state appealed to the supreme urt Jurt which affirmed the lower lowert t saying relative to the stait sta- sta it ifs s of It Is ely ily implied or assumed that the thea theof a h of the owner of ot the tho property hown and that his is estate has I duly duy administered u upon or at atin is in Inthe the process of ot adminis- adminis at on n. n It is also Implied that I I i heirs of the decedent If it any anye e ye him may mayor or may not be bo conditions the tho opinion I ts out did not exist In this case casa ij K ench rench ench was not known to be bead bead ad aa until more than six years after Lh ih when the identity of ot the body establish ed