Godshalk v. Akey
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Joseph; Yaple, J. Bill by Josiab Godsbalk against Alfred Akey, administrator of the estate of Ellen Godshalk, deceased, to construe the will of Jacob Godshalk, deceased. From the decree rendered, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Josiah Godshalk, the son and executor of Jacob Godshalk, deceased, filed the bill in this cause for a construction of his father’s will, which was probated in the county of St. Joseph, in this State, in the year 1881. Letters testamentary were issued to the complainant at that time, and he proceeded with the execution of the trust, seasonably distributing the estate under the order of the probate court, with the exception of the fund of $2,000, which he retained as a provision for testator’s widow, and which sum is the subject of this controversy. The widow, Ellen Godshalk, died on September…
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