Legal Opinion

McGinnis v. McCarn

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 1, 1917No. Docket No. 31PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to Wayne; Gage, J., presiding. Kate Warring McGinnis presented for probate the last will and testament of Annie Warring, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Georgia A. McCarn and others appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for proponent, contestants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, C. J.

This is a contest over the will of Annie Warring, deceased. She was a resident of the city of Detroit and for many years there conducted a railroad boarding house which she cared for herself. During the last seven years of her life, her daughter, Mrs. Kate McGinnis, who is named as executrix in the will, and also one of the legatees therein, assisted her in *722the boarding house business and, when her mother was not able to attend to the business because of her last illness, was in charge of it. Mrs. Warring had 18 children, 10 of whom were alive at her death, and 7 appear as contestants in this…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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  2. Nissly v. Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Smith v. Michigan Realty & Construction Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Ferguson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1912
  5. People ex rel. Cook v. ColeMichigan Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by2 opinions

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