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  1. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, by Sidney GOTTLIEB, Escheator.

    COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, by Sidney GOTTLIEB, Escheator. No. 15. Argued: Oct. 12, 1961. Decided: Dec. 4, ... real or personal property within or subject to the control of this Commonwealth * * * shall escheat to ... begun under that law in a Pennsylvania state court to escheat certain obligations of the Western Union ...

  2. UNITED STATES v. KLEIN, Escheator of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    303 U.S. 276 (58 S.Ct. 536, 82 L.Ed. 840) UNITED STATES v. KLEIN, Escheator of Commonwealth of ... a state tribunal to declare the escheat of moneys deposited in the registry of the federal court and later ... for more than five years. In 1934 the present appellee, as Escheator of the Commonwealth of ...

  3. PENNSYLVANIA v. NEW YORK et al.

    Western Union Telegraph Co., is subject to escheat or custodial taking only by the State of that last ... extent of that State's power under its own laws, to escheat or take custodially. 2. Each item of ... the books and records of defendant Western Union Telegraph Co. is subject to escheat or custodial ...

  4. STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY et al.

    personal property through escheat, a procedure with ancient origins 2 whereby a sovereign may acquire title ... property should be treated as situated in Texas, so as to permit that State to escheat it. New Jersey ... claims the right to escheat the same property because Sun is incorporated in New Jersey. Pennsylvania ...

  5. STANDARD OIL CO. v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, by PARSONS, Attorney General of State of New Jersey.

    a judgment of the Supreme Court of New Jersey insofar as it declares escheated to the State of New Jersey ... Company. The New Jersey Escheat Act reads in part: 'If any person, who, at the time of his death, has ... leaving a surviving spouse, such personal property, of whatsoever nature the same may be, shall escheat to ...

  6. TAYLOR v. YEE

    property owners with constitutionally sufficient notice before escheating their financial assets. The Due ... by a State to notify owners of a pending escheat meet the constitutional floor is an important ... being labeled abandoned and subject to seizure. See Bower, Note, Inequitable Escheat?: Reflecting on ...

  7. State of DELAWARE, Plaintiff, v. State of NEW YORK.

    beneficial owners who cannot be identified or located. New York escheated $360 million in such funds held by ... New York, alleging that certain of the securities were wrongfully escheated, the Special Master filed ... a report recommending that this Court award the right to escheat to the State in which the principal ...

  8. HAMILTON et al. v. BROWN et al.

    described in plaintiffs' petition in this suit had escheated to the state of Texas, and to have the ... thereof; that the estate in and to said tract of land has escheated to the state of Texas,—and ... entered there to the effect that the league of land in controversy in this suit is escheated unto the ...

  9. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff, v. State of NEW YORK et al.

    against New York to determine the authority of States to escheat, or take custody of, unclaimed funds paid ... unclaimed for the time period prescribed by state statute may be escheated or taken into custody by the ... the creditor's address falls has no applicable escheat law, the right to escheat or take custody ...

  10. CONNECTICUT MUT. LIFE INS. CO. et al. v. MOORE, Comptroller of State of New York.

    and ultimately to escheat. The fact that claimants against the companies would under the policies be ... respected; that moneys should escheat to the sovereignty that guards them at the time of abandonment. As ... a practical matter, it is urged that restricting escheat or conservancy to the state of incorporation avoids ...

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