Loree v. Vedder
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston; Miner, J. Catherine Loree presented for probate the last will and testament of Joseph Loree, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Alma Yedder and others appealed to the circuit court. A judgment for proponent on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by contestants on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
Contestants and appellants are the granddaughters of deceased, being children of his deceased daughter, Mrs. Nettie Wooden. Prom the allowance of a will to probate by the probate court of Livingston county two appeals were taken to the circuit court of said county — one by the contestants above named, the other by two daughters of deceased. These appeals, by consent of the parties and an order of the court, were combined at the trial, and tried as one case before the court and a jury. The contest of the will was made upon several grounds; but only one relied upon, namely, the alleged undue…
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