Legal Opinion

Sperry v. Estate of Moore

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1880PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Error to Wayne. Appeal from the disallowance of a claim by commissioners on claims. The claim was also rejected in the court below, and claimant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.

Sperry brought this proceeding to establish a claim against the estate of the late Franklin Moore. The matter was contested before the claim commissioners, and there disallowed, and on appeal to the circuit court the jury also rejected it. The’claimant then brought the case into this court for revision, and he alleges sixty-one errors. His counsel refers to a portion only, but reminds the court that none are waived. He derives his title to what he seeks to recover by assignment from his father-in-law, William B. .Stewart, made March 16, 1876, and when he launched the proceeding he set forth…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chace v. TraffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Heath v. WatersMichigan Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Resurrection Gold Min. Co. v. Fortune Gold Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  2. Harrold v. Territory of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  3. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Reid Motor Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
  4. State v. BighamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  5. People v. McGowanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1926

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