LaFond v. City of Detroit

(for affirmance). Plaintiffs, as heirs of Emma Katharine Sagendorph, deceased (hereinafter referred to as deceased), on October 28, 1954, filed their bill of complaint requesting the circuit court of Ingham county to construe as void the residuary clause in deceased’s will, which provided:

“The balance of my estate after deducting the above bequests is to be given to the city of Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan for a playfield for white children, and known as the ‘Sagendorph Field’.”

Defendant city of Detroit filed its answer (November 15,1954) claiming plaintiffs should be denied relief because…