Berry v. Adams
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Genesee; Wisner, J. Bill by Henriette Berry and another, infants, against Edwin M. Adams and Alexander W. Davis, as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Hannah Harris, deceased, to establish a trust in property devised to defendant Adams. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
In 1868, Bose Marsh was left an orphan, at the age of 14, by the death of her father; her mother having died when she was 2 years old. After her mother’s death, she lived with her aunt Mrs. Griswold until 1863. From that time she lived with another aunt, Hannah Harris, and Mrs. Griswold, until 1866, after which she lived with Hannah Harris. After her father’s death, her aunt Hannah Harris obtained from her stepmother $300 in settlement of her claims against the estate *18of her father, being appointed guardian of Rose Marsh for the purpose. The money was used to pay a mortgage upon the home of…
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