In re Stockdale's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Petition by the city of Flint for the probate of an alleged lost will of Mary Stockdale, deceased. The will was disallowed in the probate court, and proponent appealed to the circuit court. A judgment for contestants is reviewed by proponent on writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Blair, 0. J.
The writ of error in this case is prosecuted to set aside the judgment entered upon the verdict of the jury therein, finding that the said Mary Stockdale did not execute a certain alleged will propounded by proponent as a lost will. Mrs. Stockdale died on April 26, 1905, at her home on her farm just outside the city limits of Flint, and the only will found after her decease was a will drawn by William Stevenson, and properly executed by her on the 10th day of September, 1883. This will appointed William Stevenson and Charles T. Bridgman executors; was filed for probate on April…
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