Hollister v. Kinyon's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Eaton; Clement Smith, J. Stephen Hollister presented his claim for services rendered against the estate of John Kinyon, deceased. From a disallowance of the claim, claimant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for claimant. Defendant brings error. Appellee presented a claim against the estate of John Kinyon, deceased. The items thereof he specified as follows: Estate of John Kinyon, Deceased, to. Stephen Hollister, ' Dr. 1904, Deeemher. To cash paid William.
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Error to Eaton; Clement Smith, J. Stephen Hollister presented his claim for services rendered against the estate of John Kinyon, deceased. From a disallowance of the claim, claimant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for claimant. Defendant brings error. Appellee presented a claim against the estate of John Kinyon, deceased. The items thereof he specified as follows: Estate of John Kinyon, Deceased, to. Stephen Hollister, ' Dr. 1904, Deeemher. To cash paid William. Munson for wringer .......................... $5 00 1907, July. To drilling well in Grand Ledge, 140 feet (net)…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). The case for the claimant as it was made is, in essentials, not unlike the one stated in Corel v. Turner, 74 Mich. 408 (41 N. W. 1091). It does not appear that claimant, a man more than 70 years old when this case was tried, had a home or family of his own. He attached himself, by permission or by invitation, to the family of the deceased in 1894, and, whatever the relations were, they continued until 1914 — more than 20 years. During that period claimant performed services for the deceased, and during that period he lived in his family, receiving board, lodging,…
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