Needham v. Gillett
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to the Circuit Court for St. Joseph county. • Appeal from an order of the probate court appointing Daniel Gillett administrator of the estate of Harriet L. Bradley. Decedent’s sole property was a mortgage made to her by her brother Thaddeus Wilson, to secure his note for money lent to him by her.
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Certiorari to the Circuit Court for St. Joseph county. • Appeal from an order of the probate court appointing Daniel Gillett administrator of the estate of Harriet L. Bradley. Decedent’s sole property was a mortgage made to her by her brother Thaddeus Wilson, to secure his note for money lent to him by her. She died intestate leaving no kindred but Thaddeus Wilson and three other brothers, and they agreed that Thaddeus should pay decedent’s funeral expenses, and give each of the others $300 in full of their claims under the note and mortgage, for which they would discharge the mortgage, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, J.
We can discover no good purpose that could be subserved by the appointment of an administrator in this case. WTiether, under the agreed facts, the settlement made between the heirs at law of Harriet L. Bradley, constitutes no legal bar to the granting of administration upon her estate, as claimed, or not, yet such settlement ought to and would equitably estop them from afterwards attempting to open or disturb it. It is *576agreed that there are no creditors or others interested in this matter, and that the mortgage and note secured thereby represented the only property and all the property of…
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