In re Koenig's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J. Mary C. Koenig, special administratrix of the estate of August W. Koenig, deceased, petitioned for authority to sell certain personal property. The petition was granted in the probate court, and Adam Koenig and William Koenig, administrator of the estate of Catharine Koenig, deceased, appealed to the circuit court. There was an order dismissing the appeal, and appellants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
August W. Koenig died intestate August 25, 1905. He left a widow named Mary but no children. Adam Koenig, one of the appellants, was his father. His mother, Catharine Koenig, died intestate about December, 1906, and William Koenig, the other appellant, is administrator of her estate.
August W. Koenig was engaged in the retail dry goods business at Detroit and New Baltimore, and, while he had built up a large business, he was indebted at the time of his death in a large sum to merchandise creditors. His *433indebtedness nearly equaled the appraised value of his stock of goods and other personal…
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