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...claimed from New York by Italy's King represented the savings of one Antonio Comincio, who sailed from Italy 42 years ago. In Manhattan he earned his bread with pick & shovel, lived as an Americano, though legally a subject of the Italian crown. In 1925 Laborer Comincio died, leaving no will, no heir, and $900 in the bank which duly escheated to New York State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Emanuele v. N. Y. | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...Italian Laborer Antonio Comincio died in New York City. During 42 years in the U. S. he had saved up $900 but had not become a U. S. citizen. He left no heirs, no will. Under U. S. law, e tates of all persons dying under such conditions become the property of the State in which they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Laches | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Last week, Italy's Fascist Government, through counsel for Magno Santovincenzo, Acting Italian Consul in New York City, entered a claim in surrogate's court for the Comincio savings. Their reason: under Italian law. all estates of Italian citizens who die intestate without heirs, no matter where they had lived, revert to Italy's King upon their death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Laches | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

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