Howard v. Estate of Lyon

The plaintiff is a devisee under the will of Frances E. Lyon, deceased. The second paragraph of the will provides:

“I give, devise and bequeath to Hiram Wilson and his wife, Eva Wilson, my real estate, except two lots on Court street in city of St. Joseph, Berrien county, Michigan, I give and bequeath to Angie Howard, and to her also cameo broach set with earrings.”

Mrs. Lyon at one time owned two lots on Court street, but about two years before her death, and before the making of her will, she sold one of them, so that at the time she made the will and at the time of her death she had only one…