McKenzie v. Murray

This chancery appeal presents questions of fact alone. George McKenzie was a carpenter and builder. He came to Lansing in 1866 from Canada where he had several brothers and sisters. His brothers' and sisters all seem to have had families, but he never married. He was industrious and thrifty and in 1903 was the owner of four houses well located in Lansing and all occupied by tenants. He was living in rooms over a drug store. He was at this time over 60 years old. Willena Murray, the mother of *168defendant, was then a widow and the sole surviving sister of Mr. McKenzie. She was then living near…