Legal Opinion

In Re Fowle's Estate

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1940No. Docket No. 141, Calendar No. 40,680PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtButzel, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment ordering and adjudging an instrument to be allowed as the last will and testament of Jennie E. Fowle, deceased. Jennie Mead Fowle was the widow of Otto Fowle, one of the founders and for many years president of the First National Bank of Sault Ste. Marie. Upon his death in 1921, she was appointed executrix of his estate and acted in this capacity until her death in 1937. His will, after making specific bequests, left the residue to members of his family, subject, however, to the provision that his wife should have not only the use of the rents and profits of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Mead v. Trustees of Presbyterian ChurchIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Lautenshlager v. LautenshlagerMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. In re Kennedy's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Ferris v. NevilleMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Plunkett v. NosekMichigan Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In Re Balk's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
  2. In Re Bem EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Fowler v. CornwellMichigan Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Guardianship & Alternatives, Inc. v. Jones (In re Horton)Michigan Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. In Re Wawrzyniak's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1941

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