New York Court of Appeals June 8, 1920 (Techt v. . Hughes)

Cabdozo, J.

James J. Hannigan, a citizen of the United States, died intestate on December 27, 1917, seized in.fee simple of real estate in the city of New York. Two daughters, the plaintiff, Sara E. Techt, and the defendant, Elizabeth L. Hughes, survived him. In November, 1911, the plaintiff' became the wife of Frederick E. Techt, a resident of the United States, but a citizen óf Austria-Hungary.