Case Name: Lena Center, et al., vs. Edward A. Kramer, Administrator of the estate of John Holstein, deceased
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 200
Docket Number: No. 18782
Parties: Lena Center, et al., vs. Edward A. Kramer, Administrator of the estate of John Holstein, deceased.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Kin-kade and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 200–200

Head Matter:
No. 313
No. 18782
Lena Center, et al., vs. Edward A. Kramer, Administrator of the estate of John Holstein, deceased.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Butler County.
389. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION— 1. Sec. 8576 GC. defining how real estate passes to children of former husband or wife, does not relate to personal property.
2. How personal property of ,an intestate who leaves no spouse, heirs at law or next of kin escheats to state under 8579 GC.

Opinion:
ALLEN, J.
1. Section 8579, General Code, does not relate to personal property.
2. A person dies intestate leaving personal property only and leaving no spouse relict and no heirs at law or next of kin. The living children of the deceased wife of the intestate by a prior marriage of the wife with a husband not the intestate, and the personal representative of one such child now deceased, claim such personal property under Section 8576, General Code. Held: That such personal estate passes to and is vested in the State under Section 8579, General Code.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Kin-kade and Robinson, JJ., concur.