Bilz v. Bilz

The only controverted question in this case relates to the mental competency of Catherine Bilz, the mother of Mary Bilz, to convey certain real estate of which she stood seized, on the 19th day of March, 1874.

•Catherine Bilz, December 9th, 1874, was, upon the petition of her husband, Frank Bilz, adjudged by the probate court of "Wayne county an indigent insane person and taken to Kalamazoo, where she died October 15, 1875.

There can be no doubt, from the testimony of the defendants, as to her insanity as early as July, 1874. Previous to that date her insanity is denied. The testimony on the…