Blackman v. Andrews
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. Seraph C. Blackman presented for probate the last will and testament of Eliza M. Straight, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Eliza A. Andrews appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for contestant, and proponent brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The object of this suit is to secure the probate of the will of Eliza Straight, who died in 1904, at the age of 78 years. The wi'll was made in February, 1902, when testatrix was in her 76th year. Proponent and contestant are the children of testatrix and her only children. Each of these children is married and in comfortable circumstances. The contestant has no children, and it would seem from her age that she is likely to have none. Proponent has two children; one of them a son who is named after the husband of testatrix who has been dead several years. His name is Enoch Blackman. By her…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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