Collins v. Lamotte

These actions, heard together, are primarily to set aside a deed executed by Elmer E. Collins to defendant, with accounting for dower rights of his widow. Elmer E. Collins was a policeman. In 1893, his wife, plaintiff Alice D. Collins, became insane and was committed to a State hospital, where she remained until her death on April 7, 1927, after appeal herein. Plaintiffs Frank E. Collins and Ethel Collins-Drew are their children and only heirs.

On November 7, 1901, at Toledo, Ohio, Elmer E. Collins went through a form of, marriage ceremony with defendant. They lived together in Detroit until…