Smith v. Boyd
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by William Eddey Smith against Jennie Boyd and others to set aside certain codicils to a will on the ground of fraud, and for an accounting. From an order overruling a demurrer to tbe bill, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to a bill in chancery. There are several reasons stated in the demurrer why the bill should be dismissed. Section 549, 1 Comp. Laws, allows an appeal only when the demurrer which was overruled was a general one (Taylor v. Taylor, 87 Mich. 67, 49 N. W. 519), so that we shall discuss only the question as to whether the allegations of the bill are sufficient to confer upon the court of equity jurisdiction to hear-the case.
The bill states, in substance, that complainant is the grandchild of William Mitchell, deceased; that the other parties to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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