Legal Opinion

In re Walter's Estate

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1921No. Docket No. 21PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error to Wayne; Codd (George P.), J. Anna Schonfield presented for probate the last will of Anna Walter, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and August Gutt and others appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for proponent on a directed verdict. Contestants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.

The admission to probate of the will of Anna Walter by which practically her entire property was given to a daughter, Anna Schonfield, is contested in this proceeding by the remaining five children of deceased on the usual grounds of mental incompetency and undue influence, and the further ground that her signature to the will was procured by the fraudulent representations that it was an instrument executed for the purpose of preventing the heirs of her deceased husband taking her property from her and that she executed the will in ignorance of its contents. At the close of the contestants’…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McKeand v. JonesMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Lautenshlager v. LautenshlagerMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Blackman v. AndrewsMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Hibbard v. BakerMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Leffingwell v. BettinghouseMichigan Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Noon v. MurrayMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Fitch v. American Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1926
  3. In re Walter's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Stevens v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  5. In Re Dwyer's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1930

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