Dailey v. McCarthy
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Cogger, J., presiding. Mary McCarthy presented for probate an alleged will of Dennis Dailey, deceased, which was allowed in the probate court and the contestants appealed to the circuit court; being joined by the said Mary McCarthy, in contesting the validity of the instrument. Martin Whalen, administrator of the estate of decedent, and the proponents bring error from a judgment denying the probate of the will.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
This is a contest over the last will and testament of Dennis Dailey, formerly of Wyoming township, Kent county, Mich., who died in the city of Grand Rapids on November 3, 1910, at the age of about 67 years, leaving an estate of uncertain value, consisting of over $3,500 of personal property and 40 acres of land lying close to the city of Grand Rapids, valued by certain witnesses as high as $10,000; the whole estate, however, being estimated in the petition for probation of his will at approximately $7,000. He never married, and was survived by a brother, Jeremiah Dailey, residing in Nebraska,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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