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IN RE ESTATE OF JAMES

No. 39322.

223 N.W.2d 481 (1974)

192 Neb. 614

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Hussan JAMES a/k/a Hussan Shames. Ali SHAMES et al., Heirs, Appellants, v. STATE of Nebraska et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mohummed Sadden, South Sioux City, Phillip S. Dandos, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellants.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Bernard L. Packett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, John V. Addison, Wayne, Max W. Goetz, Hartington, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, CLINTON and BRODKEY, JJ.

WHITE, Chief Justice.

The essential question involved in this case is whether the plaintiffs, nonresident aliens, are entitled to inherit real estate in the State of Nebraska, and if not, whether they are entitled to reasonable compensation for the value of the land escheated to the State of Nebraska.

Plaintiffs' petition alleges that Hussan James, a resident of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, died intestate on July 4, 1962. His only heirs are the four...

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