Taylor v. Taylor's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Elizabeth Taylor presented a claim against the estate of Amos R. Taylor, deceased, for the amount of certain promissory notes. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners. Claimant appealed to the circuit court, where she had judgment, and the estate brings error.
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Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Elizabeth Taylor presented a claim against the estate of Amos R. Taylor, deceased, for the amount of certain promissory notes. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners. Claimant appealed to the circuit court, where she had judgment, and the estate brings error. Elizabeth Taylor presented a claim against the estate of Amos R. Taylor, her deceased husband, for the amount of certain promissory notes claimed to have been executed by him in her favor, payable at his death, and which she claimed to have lost. Decedent’s will, after leaving all his property to the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The claimant, Elizabeth Taylor, recovered in the court below on three promissory notes which it was claimed were executed by decedent and held by her.
It is contended that the court erred in not charging the jury to render a verdict in favor of the estate because (a) there was no evidence tending to prove the execution of the notes; and (6) there was no evidence of consideration.(a) We think there was abundant evidence of the exe*662cution of the notes. Such evidence is furnished by the following testimony of Sarah Bradley:
“Mr. Taylor told me that Lib [claimant] had notes against him. * * *
“ Q.…
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