Williams v. Bailey
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb; Tucker, J. The will of Lydia Bailey, deceased, was admitted to probate and Stephen Bailey, contestant, appealed to circuit court. Judgment for contestant; proponent brings error.
1DissentBird, J.
The paper offered as the last will and testament of Lydia Bailey was set aside in the Macomb circuit court by a jury on the grounds of defective execution and undue influence. The testatrix was a maiden lady, who resided at Romeo. Her nearest of kin was a brother, Stephen Bailey. The value of her estate was nearly .$8,000, and consisted mostly of real property. In August, 1905, she made a will and devised in trust the bulk of her estate to the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Michigan, for the use of such church in the village of Romeo. In November, 1909, she added…
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