Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Shepardson

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 6, 1884PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to Wayne. (Jennison, J.) Appeal in probate. Contestant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.

In this case Noah Shepardson filed the will of his wife, Olive L. Shepardson, for probate, in the probate court for the county of Wayne, he being one of the legatees *108and the executor of said will. At the hearing in the probate court, James C. Potter, the father of Mrs. Shepardson, appeared as a contestant of the will. The probate cpurt refused to admit the will to. probate. Proponent appealed to the circuit court for the county of Wayne, where the will was sustained. Contestant brings error.

The grounds upon which the probate of the will was contested were want of capacity to execute it, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Beaubien v. CicotteMichigan Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Porter v. ThroopMichigan Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Scott v. TownsendTexas Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Scott v. TownsendTexas Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Sheehan v. KearneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Fischer v. SperlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
  5. Loree v. VedderMichigan Supreme Court · 1909

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