Peet v. Peet
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Clinton. (V. H. Smith, J.) Appeal from probate allowance against the estate of Eucius H. Peet. Claimant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, C. J.
Mary Peet, claiming to be the widow of Lucius H. Peet, late of Clinton county, deceased, filed in the probate court for that county, where his estate was being; administered, a claim to an allowance as such widow. The. heirs contested her claim upon the ground that she was never legally married to the decedent. The probate court made: the allowance prayed for and the heirs appealed.
In the circuit court the judge heard the case without the assistance of a jury, and made findings of the facts. From *466these findings he concluded as matter of law that the claimant was not the widow of the decedent,…
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