Legal Opinion
Bolthouse v. De Spelder
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1914No. Docket No. 157PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Error to Ottawa; Cross, J. Jeannette Bolthouse presented her claim against the estate of Jannetje De Spelder, deceased, and appealed to the circuit court from an order disallowing the claim. Judgment for claimant and Elizabeth De Spelder, executrix of said estate, brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The claimant filed a claim in the probate court of Ottawa county which was as follows:
“Estate of Jannetje De Spelder, Deceased,
“To Jeannette Bolthouse, Dr.
“For washing, care and nursing of the deceased Jannetje De Spelder and her husband, Jacobus De Spelder at request of Jannetje De Spelder, from May 1, 1903, to day of death of Jannetje De Spelder, June 17, 1912, at $4.00 per week, nine years, $1,862.00.”
The claim was disallowed by the probate court, and an appeal taken to the circuit court for the county of Ottawa. The case was there tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for the…
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