Breen v. Kehoe
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Annie Breen petitioned for the probate of the last will and testament of James Breen, deceased, and objected to the appointment of John J. Kehoe and David Lynn as executors. There was an order allowing the will and appointing said parties executors, and petitioner appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment sustaining the order of the probate court on a verdict directed by the court, and petitioner brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
James Breen died on July 26, 1904, a resident of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., where he had lived from 1902. Previous to that time he had lived in Ontario. He left a large estate in both countries. A will made in Ontario some years before his death named his widow, *59Annie Breen, John J. Kehoe, his solicitor, and David Lynn, a friend, as executors. A codicil made shortly before his death made no change in this regard. Mrs. Breen petitioned for the probate of the will, and objected to the appointment of Kehoe and Lynn as executors, on the grounds, first, that they were nonresidents and aliens;…
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