State ex rel. Ahearn v. Knott

Citations

• 54 Fla. 138

Syllabus

<p>After the proceeds of an escheated estate shall have been paid into the state treasury under the direction of the county judge, persons claiming to be heirs of the intestate, may, with a view to reclamation of the escheated funds, go before a court of competent jurisdiction, on petition, setting up the facts of their rights, and praying the court for an order ; directing an issue by which to establish their kinship and the facts therein alleged, the state treasurer being made a party and notice thereof being given to the Attorney General. In the absence of a showing that petitioner has thus appeared and made proof of his right to the proceeds of said estate in the hands of the state treasurer the alternative writ of mandamus will be denied.</p>