Hickox v. Frank

Citations

• 102 Ill. 660
• 1882 Ill. LEXIS 76

Syllabus

<p>1. Administration of estates—domicil of intestate m amother State —jurisdiction to grant letters of administration. Where a person, at the time of his death, has his domicil in another State, the proper court in such State has jurisdiction to grant letters of administration upon his estate.</p> <p>2. Same—foreign administrator may collect debts in this State. An administrator of an estate appointed in any other State or territory by a court having jurisdiction, has the legal right, under our statute, to collect notes due to his intestate, and to that end he may foreclose deeds of trust securing them, when no administration is granted on the same estate in this State.</p> <p>3. Same—legal title vests in administrator—notes due intestate. Upon the death of a party and the appointment of an administrator, the legal title to all notes and debts due the intestate vests in the administrator, who alone can sue and recover upon the same. The heir at law or his personal representative can maintain no action whatever on such notes.</p>