Gilkey v. Gilkey
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kalamazoo; Knappen, J. Bill by Elizabeth R. Gilkey against Clarence F. Gilkey and William H. Bennett, trustee, for a divorce. From a decree for complainant, and making the award of alimony a lien upon the trust, defendant Bennett appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
On January 21, 1910, complainant was granted a decree of divorce with alimony, $4,000 in amount. The decree provided that this sum should be a lien upon certain land held by William H. Bennett as trus*665tee for defendant Clarence Gilkey, said Bennett as trustee having been made a party defendant by leave of court. An appeal was taken by Bennett. The question in the case is whether the court should have made the decree for alimony a lien upon the property in the hands of the trustee.
The history of the trust is as follows: On November 14, 1906, Edgar W. Gilkey, a man in failing health and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hackley v. LittellMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
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- Vander Weele v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1956
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