Brooks v. Parks
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Oakland; Smith, J. Bill by Eugene Brooks against Austin R. Parks and others for the construction of the will of Polly Robinson, deceased. From a decree for defendants, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, C. J.
Complainant files his bill of complaint in this cause for the purpose of securing a construction of the will of Polly Robinson, deceased. The will was made October 5, 1881, and admitted to probate March 4, 1889. At the time the will was made, 'and at the time of her death, the testatrix had two daughters, Anna E. Parks and Martha J. Brooks, and no other children. She had four grandchildren, all of whom survived — Austin R. Parks, Edgar A. Parks, and Polly E. Bray, children of Anna E. Parks, and Francis E. Brooks, the only child of Martha J. Brooks, and this complainant, her husband. Her…
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