Burbank v. Ernst

Citations

• 232 U.S. 162
• 34 S. Ct. 299
• 58 L. Ed. 551
• 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1404

Syllabus

<p>Where the jurisdiction of the court rendering the judgment depends upon domicile that question is open to reexamination in the court of another State asked to give the judgment full faith and credit as required by the Federal Constitution. Andrews vi Andrews, 188 U. S. 14.</p> <p>Where the evidence as -to domicile of the deceased is conflicting and the state court is warranted in finding that the court of probate of another State did not have jurisdiction to probate a will because the domicile of deceased was not in that State, this court will not retry the facts; and under the facts, as found in this case, the decree of probate is not entitled to full faith and credit in another State.</p> <p>Where the headnote of a decision of a state court is not given special force by statute or rule of court, the opinion is to be looked to for original and authentic grounds of the decision.</p>