Legal Opinion
In Re Horrie Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1962No. Docket 22, Calendar 48,943PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSouris, J.
The issue presented for our decision is the meaning of a bequest over to the “surviving issue” of primary beneficiaries. Although an ancient problem in other jurisdictions, it is presented to us as a matter of first impression in Michigan.
Mary Horrie died in 1930, leaving surviving neither a husband nor children. Three brothers and 1 sister did survive. By will, 1 brother was bequeathed only income from a $10,000 trust and the other 2 brothers and a sister were bequeathed outright real and personal property valued at $61,000 to .each. The residue of the estate, approximately $450,000, was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Mayhew's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Dexter v. InchesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Gardner v. City National Bank & Trust Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1934
- Rivenett v. BourquinMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Warren v. First New Haven National BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Gowthorpe v. GoodwinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1976
- In Re Fitzpatrick EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- Fitzpatrick v. WolfeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- In Re RAYMOND ESTATEMichigan Supreme Court · 2009
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