Bernier v. Bernier
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Chippewa. (Steere, J.) Bill by adult heirs to have a trust declared in their favor to make them share ratably in an uncompleted homestead entry. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The bill in this cause was filed by complainants, who were heirs of full age of Edward Bernier when he died, in June, 1876, against defendants, who are children or grantees of children not then of age, to settle their common rights under a homestead entry which he made in 1875, and to which, therefore, his title had not become absolute when he died. After his death, complainants, on behalf of all of his heirs at law, elected to make a pre-emption entry and full payment in advance of the five years, as allowed by the homestead act, and did so in the name of them all. In the General Land-*45office…
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