...there administered and distributed. This claim was resisted by Mr. Thomson, on the ground that, as the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death, ruled the * The Reporter is indebted to Mr. Anderson for the above report. It confirms the principle...

...of the place where the land is situated, and that of a bequest or disposition of personal property by the law of the testator's domicile at the time...and mode of the execution of the will, but also the power and authority of the testator to make said disposition. Ford v. Ford, 70 Wis. 19; Staigg v. Atkinson,...

...Estate, Pa., 95 Atl. 620. 120. Lex Loci. The validity of a will, as to personal property, is determined by the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death, and, as to real property, by the law of the jurisdiction wherein it is situated. — Rutledge v. Wiggington,...

...Desebats v. Berquwr (1 Binney, 336). p. 448. A will of personal property not executed in conformity to the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death, will not be operative in regard to personal property in a foreign country, though executed according...

...compared. The more minute discussion of the nature of the testament there given applies also to this place. ['The law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death rules, and no effect will be given in this countrv to a new law as to succession introduced there,...

...person, whether a British subject or not, including the con- nitration and struction of his will, is governed by the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death. Enohin v. Wylie, 10 WR 467; 10 HL 1 ; see Swing v. Orr-Ewing, 9 App. C. 34; In re Hernando; Hemando...

...date of his death. If the testator changed his domicile after making his will, the old law was, that the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death governed the case, and that the will had to be executed according to such law, unless made in the execution...

...changed his domicile thereafter, the rights of parties thereunder with reference to personal property Is governed by the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death. The real principle underlying these cases Is that the rights of an appointee under the exercise of...

...he lives until conditions change. The law which determines the validity or invalidity of a trust Is the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death. A will therefore which was void in New York when made may become valid If the testator subsequently...

...LAW GOVERNING AS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.—A will of personal property not executed in conformity to the law of the testator's domicile at the time of his death, will not be operative in regard to personal property in a foreign country, although executed according...