Mains v. Webber's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ionia; Davis, J. Eldon P. Mains, administrator of the estate of Antoinette C. Webber, deceased, presented a claim against the estate of George W. Webber, deceased, for the value of property-alleged to have been converted by him in his lifetime. The claim was disallowed in the probate court, and claimant appealed to the circuit, where defendant again prevailed. Claimant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
George W. and Antoinette C. Webber were husband and wife. It was a childless marriage, and she died April 11, 1890. While George W. Webber was a member of the United States Congress, Antoinette Webber spent some time in Washington; and while there she was seen to wear the diamonds in controversy in this suit, and she frequently wore them afterwards. They were kept in a jewel box, of which she had the key; the box being deposited in the safety vault in a bank in Ionia, of which George W. Webber was a part owner. There is no evidence that they were a part of her separate property, except the…
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