Legal Opinion
Hinz v. Curzenski Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1971No. 15 October Term 1970, Docket Nos. 52,550, 52,551PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
Leave was granted (382 Mich 791) to review and decide the question left undetermined by a majority of the Court in In re Critchell Estate (1960), 361 Mich 432. That question is whether, under MCLA § 704.56 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 27.3178 [307]) a decedent’s policy of liability insurance constitutes an “after discovered” asset of his estate, in the context of Critchell and now in this case of Hiñe. Our answer is negative.
Other questions raised in the present plaintiff’s brief are not properly before us, it appearing that all are justiciable in a separate' and pending action which was commenced by…
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