Bullock v. Tompkins' Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston; Smith, J. Cordelia E. Bullock presented a claim against the estate of Charlotte 'Tompkins, deceased, based upon a contract of novation. The claim was allowed by the commissioners, and an appeal taken to the circuit court. From a judgment for claimant, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The plaintiff presented a claim in the probate court against defendant. The case was appealed to the circuit court, where she obtained a judgment upon a verdict rendered by a jury. The case is brought here by appeal. The record contains upwards of 300 pages, while the briefs are very exhaustive. The questions involved, however, are almost wholly questions of fact, and we shall not attempt a detailed discussion of the 141 assignments of error.
Mrs. Tompkins, in her lifetime, was a widow residing in the State of’New York. Her husband, in his lifetime, was in the habi fc of loaning money in…
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