Shanahan's v. Merrick
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Beach, J. Edmund Shanahan presented for probate the will of Maurrice C. Shanahan, deceased. From an order admitting the instrument to probate, Margaret Merrick and others, contestants, appealed to the circuit court, where the will was sustained. Contestants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is a will contest. The testator, Maurrice C. Shanahan, executed the will in question November 22, 1904, and died April 15, 1909. The will was allowed in the probate court. An appeal was taken. The case was tried by a jury which found in favor of the will. The case is brought here by writ of error.
We quote from the brief of appellant:
“By the terms of the proposed will the widow has the use and income of the estate during her life. After her death the son Michael is to pay to James Shanahan, Catherine Carroll, Edmund Shanahan, and Ellen Spencer $500 each, and is to erect a monument on the…
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