Peirson v. McNeal
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Lenawee; Chester, J. Submitted November 4, 1903. Bill by Harriet A. Peirson, executrix of the last will and ■ testament of Levi R. Peirson, deceased, against Myrtie M. McNeal, Corvis M. Barre, Chauncey F. Cook, and others, to set aside a deed and the assignment of certain mortgages. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1DissentGrant, J.
Complainant and Mr. Peirson were married September 17, 1857. She was then a young widow, possessed of some means, and he was in the mercantile business in Hudson, Mich. He failed in 1859, studied law, and entered upon the practice of the profession at Hudson in 1862. He occupied rooms for his office in a building owned by his wife. His business was small, largely confined to office work. The only data of the extent of his business is found in his account books for "the years 1895, 1896, 1897, and 1898. In 1895 it amounted to $1,085.24, and decreased steadily until in- 1898 it *164amounted to…
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