Lozier v. Lewis

Citations

• 30 Ohio C.C. Dec. 300
• 28 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 177

Syllabus

<p>ASSIGNMENT — CONFLICT OF LAWS — WILLS.</p> <p>Grant,. Leighley and Dunlap, JJ.</p> <p>Assignment of Interest Under Will, Executed in NewYork by Resident of Ohio, Not Revocable Because in Derogation of New York Law.</p> <p>The terms of a will, executed in New York by a resident of Ohio, temporarily sojourning in that state, in the absence of evidence of a contrary intention on the part of the testator, are governed by Ohio law; hence, a beneficiary thereunder who is a resident of New York and has made an assignment of his interest in the will can not thereafter revoke the assignment on the ground that it is in derogation of the law of New York, especially since the validity of the assignment under the law of Ohio is not disputed.</p> <p>[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>