Raymond v. Estate of Wooleenden

Claimant filed three claims against this *166estate. They were disallowed by the commissioners on claims, and on appeal were disallowed by the jury. Only' two of the claims are insisted upon here:

First, it is claimed that in 1887 claimant held a contract in writing from Dr. Lyster, of Detroit, for the purchase of certain lands at $30 a foot front, the contract amounting at that price to $7,080. She had paid $50 down, when, by the advice of Mr. Woolfenden, she released her contract, and permitted her vendor to make a contract with William T. De Graff. Under this contract it is claimed that Mr.…