Ball v. Tompkins
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan
In Equity. Upon motion to discharge receiver.
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, J.
The facts material to the purposes of the present motion are substantially as follows: On the 4th day of February, 1876, Byron D. Ball, of Grand Rapids, died testate. He left a widow, Martha M., — one of the defendants, — and four children, of whom the complainant is one, and three of the defendants are others. The property left by him consisted principally of real estate known as the “ Ball Block,” *487in the city of Grand Tlapids. The value of his estate at the time of his decease was about the sum of $35,000 over and above incumbrances. By his will, he bequeathed his household furniture, and…
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