Vaughan v. Northop
Vaughan v. Northop
5 D.C. 496; 28 F. Cas. 1113; 5 Cranch 496
Opinion of the Court
(nem. con.) was of opinion, that as the defendant’s intestate died in Kentucky, and the defendant’s letters of administration were granted in Kentucky; as thé complainants resided in Virginia, and all the defendants in Kentucky, this Court had not, or if it had, ought not to assume jurisdiction in this case, although the administrator received the money here in 1833, and was found here in 1837.
Bill dismissed with costs.
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