Cochrane v. King

William Cochrane was a resident of Lapeer county all his life. He had been married but his wife died some two dr three years after their marriage, leaving no children. He lived oh, and worked his father’s farm where he was born, about two and one-half miles from Almont, until his father’s death when he bought out the other heirs and continued on the place. He was a successful farmer, a director in *372the bank at Almont, had accumulated considerable personal property in addition to his real estate, and left an estate of upwards of $52,000. He was 68 years old when he died. He had been ailing for…