Legal Opinion

Fenton v. Miller

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1892PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Error to Mackinac. (Pailthorp, J.) Ejectment. Defendants bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

On December 21, 1851, one Abraham Wen-Jell died seised in fee of the entirety of the lands here in ■controversy. He left seven children, named George, Theodore, Eliza, William, James, Mary, and Josiah. At that time William, James, Mary, and Josiah were infants. •James died in July, 1854, intestate. George died October, 1879, leaving a will, by which he conveyed his property to 'Theodore. Theodore was married in 1869, and died in November, 1879, leaving two children, the infant defendants in this case. Eliza was married to plaintiff in 1858, .■and died in January, 1885. Theodore, prior to the…

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