This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol12 International Law, Conflict Of Laws, Spanish-American Laws, Legal Ethics", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
The transfer of personal property either by succession or by will is regulated by the law of the domicile of the deceased at the time of his death. Thus a will may be rendered invalid, so far as it relates to personal property, by the testator removing from one state into another, requiring different formalities as to the making of wills. Succession and wills relative to real property are determined by the law of the state in which such land is situated.
 
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