Legal Opinion
Bedell v. Clark
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 22, 1912No. Docket No. 20PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Error to Eaton; Smith, J. Edwin Clark and Emerson Bedell presented to the probate court for the county of Eaton their final account as executors of the estate of Ann C. Stevens, deceased. From an order distributing a portion of the estate, Anna Bedell and Mellie Bedell appealed to the circuit court: said executors presented a cross'-appeal. The order of the probate court being reversed as to the distribution of part of the estate, contestants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This case is here upon questions arising in the settlement of. the estate of Ann O. Stevens, deceased. The findings of the circuit judge so clearly state the questions involved that we quote therefrom, as follows:
“Ann C. Stevens died on the 33d day of April, 1908, at Lake Helen, Volusia county, Florida. She died, leaving a last will and testament, which was in her own handwriting and in which Emerson Bedell and Edwin Clark were named as coexecutors. At the time of her death, her domicile was in Volusia county, Florida, and she was seised and possessed of both real and personal property. A…
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