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In the 1894 case of Baker v. Woo, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with a dispute over property rights and inheritance laws. The plaintiff, Baker, claimed that he was entitled to certain properties in California as an heir of his deceased brother who had no children or spouse but left behind a will written in Chinese which named Woo as executor and beneficiary. However, it was later discovered that this will was forged by Woo's son-in-law after the death of Baker's brother. Baker argued that under California law at the time (which did not recognize foreign wills), he should inherit his brother’s estate since there were no direct descendants or surviving spouses present. On appeal to the Supreme Court from lower courts' decisions favoring Woo based on probate court findings about validity of foreign-made wills, Justice Field delivered opinion for unanimous court reversing those judgments. The Supreme Court held that while states have authority to determine rules regarding succession and distribution of estates within their jurisdiction; they cannot deny citizens their constitutional right to due process by accepting fraudulent documents without proper examination or verification procedures being followed first - even if such documents are prepared abroad under different legal systems than ours here domestically.
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