Shouldice v. McLeod's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Marquette; Stone, J. Margaret J. McLeod and Hugh N. McDonald presented their final account as executors of the last will and testament of Norman McLeod, deceased. The account was allowed in the probate court, and Henry Shouldice, a judgment creditor, appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment affirming the order of the probate court, and claimant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
A writ of error has been sued out to review the action of the circuit judge in allowing the final account of the executors on appeal from probate court. Decedent was, at the time of his death, a resident of Minnesota, and his estate was mainly administered in Hennepin county, in that State. The estate was closed in that court in December, 1898, and upon the distribution there was assigned to Christine I. McDonald, in addition to personal and real property in Minnesota, lands in Michigan.
In May, 1899, an exemplified copy of decedent’s will and of its probate in Minnesota was filed in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Royer's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
- Jackson v. Leech's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- Ammon's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Shouldice v. McLeod's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
- Brinton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
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- In Re the Guardianship of BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1940