Bloss v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Case-made from Jackson; Parkinson, J. Assumpsit by Jennie BIosb and others against the board of supervisors of the county of Jackson for a sum of money paid to said county out of the estate of William Wooley, deceased. A judgment for defendant sustaining a demurrer to plaintiffs’ declaration is reviewed by plaintiffs on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
The plaintiffs in this case are all of the heirs at law of William Wooley, deceased, who was a resident of Jackson county at the time of his death, January 24, 1908. William Wooley left a last will and testament in which he made the county of Jackson sole legatee of all his real and personal estate, without condition or qualification or the designation of any use or purpose to be made by the county of the property so devised. The testator’s property consisted of a farm of the value of $2,000 and personal property valued at $300.
*608On account of debts proved against said estate and the provision…
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