In re the Estate of Godfrey
Michigan Supreme Court
Case certified from the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne. This was an appeal from the Judge of Probate to tbe Circuit Court for tbe County of Wayne, and certified to this Court for its opinion upon several questions of law raised upon tbe facts, as found by tbe Circuit Court. In tbe Fall of 1833, Gabriel Godfrey died intestate.
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Case certified from the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne. This was an appeal from the Judge of Probate to tbe Circuit Court for tbe County of Wayne, and certified to this Court for its opinion upon several questions of law raised upon tbe facts, as found by tbe Circuit Court. In tbe Fall of 1833, Gabriel Godfrey died intestate. On the 31st of March following, letters of administration were granted to Monique Godfrey and Robert Abbott, who, on the 10th of April following, qualified, and gave notice pursuant to law. On the 15th of September, 1834, tbe estate was declared insolvent, and a…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,.
Johnson, J.
The first section of the Act entitled, “An Act for the distribution of Insolvent Estates,” approved April 12, 1827, provides, among other things, that when an estate shall have been declared insolvent, and the Commissioners appointed to receive and examine creditors’ claims shall have reported their doings, the Judge of Probate shall, after deducting certain expenses of administration and other demands therein specified, order the residue and remainder of the estate, both *310real and personal, to be distributed among the creditors so proving their claims before the…
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