The domicile of the decedent at the time of his death usually determines and fixes the jurisdiction in which the probating of his will shall take place or letters of administration issue. The county in which the deceased was domiciled at the time of his death, unless he was travelling or merely sojourning in that jurisdiction, is the proper place in which to administer the estate of such decedent. If the deceased had no place of residence within the state the county in which he dies is the proper place in which to apply for letters of administration upon his estate. Jurisdiction is sometimes acquired, in fact frequently, by the court of the county in which there is personal property or effects belonging to the estate of the decedent.8

(a) In case the decedent left real property the courts of the jurisdiction wherein the property is situate, even though the decedent did not die therein, have jurisdiction for the administration of his estate.9

(b) A court has no jurisdiction to grant letters upon an estate of one who neither left property nor resided within the jurisdiction.10

7 Moore vs. Smith, 11 Rich, 569; Clapp vs. Hough, 12 N. D., 600; 65 L. R. A., 757.

8 Bowels vs. Rouse, 8 Ill., 409;

Wright vs. Roberts, 116 Ga., 194.

9 Rosenthal vs. Renick, 44 Ill., 202;

Prescott vs. Durfee, 131 Mass., 477; Grande vs. Herrera, 15 Tex., 533. 10 Illinois, etc., vs. Cragin, 71 Ill, 177; Manning vs. Leighton, 65 Vt., 84; 24 L. R. A., 684.

(c) The jurisdiction may be fixed by goods being brought into the county in which application is made for letters of administration; the court may acquire jurisdiction even though the property is brought in after the death.11 It has been held that even though the decedent left no property in the county, the fact that some of his property was afterwards carried there by the administrator gave the court jurisdiction over the decedent's estate.