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IN RE BELL'S ESTATE

No. 9538.

331 P.2d 517 (1958)

Matter of the ESTATE of Nick BELL, Deceased. J. Chandice ETTIEN, Attorney and Estate Agent for Foreign Heirs and Legatees under the Last Will and Testament of Nick Bell, Deceased, Appellant, v. The STATE of Montana, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

July 16, 1958.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Chan Ettien, Havre, for appellant.

J. Chan Ettien, Havre, argued orally for appellant.

Forrest H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Nicholas A. Rotering, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Nicholas A. Rotering, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued orally for respondent.

HARRISON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of escheat made by the district court of the third judicial district of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Granite.

Nick Bell died testate on September 2, 1939, in Granite County, Montana, leaving an estate in excess of $11,000. In the will he provided for legacies to certain persons apparently living in Yugoslavia. Then in the "Seventh" and "Ninth" paragraphs he provided,

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