Richards v. Pierce

Plaintiff brought ejectment for certain lands in Shiawassee county, which belonged to James Wads-worth, of Livingston county, New York, and were devised *445by Ms last will to various persons, from whom plaintiff derives title. These devises were partly in trust, and partly directly, in the same proportions and for the same beneficiaries as would have taken the property by descent. The testator died in 1S44, and this will was proved the same year in New York, but was not proved in Michigan until after this action was brought.

The only question argued before us was whether, before probate,…