Legal Opinion
Adams v. First Baptist Church of St. Charles
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1907No. Docket No. 168PublishedCited by 28 opinions
Error to Saginaw; Gage (William G.), J. Ejectment by Fred L. Adams against the First Baptist Church of St. Charles and others. There was judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff as residuary devisee in the will of Lydia M. Barker, deceased, against the defendants to recover the possession of certain real estate in the village of St. Charles, Mich. July 30, 1887, Mrs. Barker and her husband made a will, the material parts of which read as follows:
“Know all men by these presents that I, Calvin Barker and Lydia M. Barker, residents of St. Charles (but now for a short time) living in the town of Freemont, Saginaw Co., Mich., do will and bequeath to the Baptist Church of St. Charles, all personal, or real estate, or…
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