Legal Opinion
Berke v. Murphy
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1937No. Docket No. 59, Calendar No. 39,410PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Elizabeth Carmichael Witherspoon received some information in 1933 or 1934 which led her to believe that she was an heir-at-law of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Yawkey of New York City, who had been deceased for a number of years and who left substantial estates. v Acting on this information she consulted her foster brother, Arthur O. Carmichael, an attorney of Detroit, Michigan, and an associate of Henry C. Walters, a Detroit lawyer. After an investigation had been made, Carmichael made a demand upon the representatives of the Yawkey estates in behalf of Elizabeth Carmichael Wither-spoon for…
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